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Didn't I read from another hacker news poster that the software engineering and design was outsourced? Anyone know?

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https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/boeing-outsourced-coding...

They didn't work on the Flight computer supposedly. Just the Flight displays.

There was a Bloomberg article with more detail.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-...

Outsourcing is a symptom of the real issue. I don't think outsourcing necessarily causes these problems. Subjugating engineering to a lower class and elevating politics/accounting doesn't really generate great engineered products, go figure.

As an engineer in the defense/aero industry, this is so true. Legal, HR, and IT run everything, with the engineering staff shat upon.

In the article they mention that they outsourced at least some of it.

“ As Boeing and the subcontractor that supplied the flight-control computer, the United Technologies Corp. division Collins Aerospace Systems, worked through these changes, it has at times created tension.”

It is extremely common that various parts of design and manufacture of aircraft are "outsourced". The airframe manufacturer is essentially never the manufacturer for whole subsystems and there is a large subcontracting network.

This is an entirely normal and long-standing practice.

Didn't say it wasn't, I was just answering GP's question :).

Probably multiple levels of outsourcing. Boeing > Collins > Indian for $9/hr.

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