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Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers (www.popsci.com)

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[-] Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

It's often the military's own flowed down certification requirements that result in significantly higher costs

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah. The expensive soap dispenser probably had to pass shock and vibration testing, thermal stress testing, and explosive atmosphere testing... Because that was in the requirements.

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