Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the US Justice Department announced on 12 January.

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV. (Boeing)

According to the department, Insitu “knowingly induced” the US Navy Department and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to award seven no-bid contracts at “inflated prices” from 2009 to 2017. While Insitu told the two agencies it was going to use new parts to conduct its work, it actually used less expensive “recycled, refurbished, reconditioned, and/or reconfigured parts” instead, violating the federal False Claims Act, the department alleged.

“Taxpayers deserve to get what they paid for – especially in significant no-bid military contracts,” said Brian Moran, US attorney for the Western District of Washington state. “Cases such as this one should be seen as a warning to defence contractors that false claims have no place in military purchasing.”

Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the US Justice Department announced on 12 January.

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV. (Boeing)

According to the department, Insitu “knowingly induced” the US Navy Department and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to award seven no-bid contracts at “inflated prices” from 2009 to 2017. While Insitu told the two agencies it was going to use new parts to conduct its work, it actually used less expensive “recycled, refurbished, reconditioned, and/or reconfigured parts” instead, violating the federal False Claims Act, the department alleged.

“Taxpayers deserve to get what they paid for – especially in significant no-bid military contracts,” said Brian Moran, US attorney for the Western District of Washington state. “Cases such as this one should be seen as a warning to defence contractors that false claims have no place in military purchasing.”

Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the US Justice Department announced on 12 January.

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV. (Boeing)

According to the department, Insitu “knowingly induced” the US Navy Department and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to award seven no-bid contracts at “inflated prices” from 2009 to 2017. While Insitu told the two agencies it was going to use new parts to conduct its work, it actually used less expensive “recycled, refurbished, reconditioned, and/or reconfigured parts” instead, violating the federal False Claims Act, the department alleged.

“Taxpayers deserve to get what they paid for – especially in significant no-bid military contracts,” said Brian Moran, US attorney for the Western District of Washington state. “Cases such as this one should be seen as a warning to defence contractors that false claims have no place in military purchasing.”

Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the US Justice Department announced on 12 January.

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV. (Boeing)

According to the department, Insitu “knowingly induced” the US Navy Department and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to award seven no-bid contracts at “inflated prices” from 2009 to 2017. While Insitu told the two agencies it was going to use new parts to conduct its work, it actually used less expensive “recycled, refurbished, reconditioned, and/or reconfigured parts” instead, violating the federal False Claims Act, the department alleged.

“Taxpayers deserve to get what they paid for – especially in significant no-bid military contracts,” said Brian Moran, US attorney for the Western District of Washington state. “Cases such as this one should be seen as a warning to defence contractors that false claims have no place in military purchasing.”

Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the US Justice Department announced on 12 January.

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV. (Boeing)

According to the department, Insitu “knowingly induced” the US Navy Department and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to award seven no-bid contracts at “inflated prices” from 2009 to 2017. While Insitu told the two agencies it was going to use new parts to conduct its work, it actually used less expensive “recycled, refurbished, reconditioned, and/or reconfigured parts” instead, violating the federal False Claims Act, the department alleged.

“Taxpayers deserve to get what they paid for – especially in significant no-bid military contracts,” said Brian Moran, US attorney for the Western District of Washington state. “Cases such as this one should be seen as a warning to defence contractors that false claims have no place in military purchasing.”

Boeing’s Insitu company has agreed to pay USD25 million to settle allegations it overcharged the US military to supply and operate ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the US Justice Department announced on 12 January.

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV. (Boeing)

According to the department, Insitu “knowingly induced” the US Navy Department and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to award seven no-bid contracts at “inflated prices” from 2009 to 2017. While Insitu told the two agencies it was going to use new parts to conduct its work, it actually used less expensive “recycled, refurbished, reconditioned, and/or reconfigured parts” instead, violating the federal False Claims Act, the department alleged.

“Taxpayers deserve to get what they paid for – especially in significant no-bid military contracts,” said Brian Moran, US attorney for the Western District of Washington state. “Cases such as this one should be seen as a warning to defence contractors that false claims have no place in military purchasing.”