NASA says Boeing depended ‘almost entirely’ on Navy to fix physiological episodes

NASA’s review into the unexplained physiological episodes occurring on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet concluded that Boeing depended ‘almost entirely’ on the sailing branch to fix the issues.

By DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Pittman, U.S. Navy. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

“What this review of Boeing’s PE involvement suggests is that Boeing, the manufacturer of the F/A-18 (a fighter with a long history of PE episodes), has shown a very limited effort on its own initiative to describe a problem with their product to their customer, and no initiative to actually correct the problem,” Aviation Week reports.

The aerospace company’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program manager disputes the finding. Efforts by the company has helped to drive down the rate of physiological episodes.