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Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts (arstechnica.com)
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Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts::"Rest assured we haven't signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The forecasts for FFP projects have competitive forces pushing them down. Many times they will underbid to win than hope everything goes perfect or they can find a way to weasel out of it.