Resource shortages and a reliance on contractors caused bitter divisions between field officers in Benghazi and State Department managers in Washington.
Most major defense contractors have created divisions, often directed by vice presidents, to seek "Star Wars" contracts.
There is little to see at the site of the planned facility in Shchuchye, whose lead contractor is a division of Pasadena-based Parsons Corp.
In the meantime, the Army has already arranged for two contractors -- Winchester, a division of the Olin Corporation, and the state-owned Israel Military Industries Ltd. -- to provide an additional supply this year.
Insurance giant Aviva is axeing 1,100 permanent staff and 590 contractors from its Norwich Union division, while Swiss Re is losing an unspecified number in the UK as part of a 10% reduction of its global workforce.
But in an effort to revive the program, the Osprey's primary contractors, the Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter, a division of Textron Inc., joined in a coalition with the Marines and labor unions including the United Auto Workers.
The substandard parts were made from 1988-1993 by Hughes Industries of Cinnaminson as part of a $13.4 million contract with the tank's main contractor, the land systems division of General Dynamics, Robert A. Farkas, the assistant United States attorney who prosecuted the case, said.
In October, contractors at its investment banking division in London had their pay cut by 10% in line with the bank's efforts to rein in costs, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters at the time.
The aircraft's prime contractors, the Boeing Company's helicopter division, in Ridley Park, Pa., and Bell Helicopter Textron of Fort Worth, carpeted Congress with data showing that the V-22 would work wonders -- and that parts of it would be built in 40 states.
The prime contractors, the Boeing Company's helicopter division in Pennsylvania and Bell Helicopter Textron in Texas, have also been among the most generous contributors of soft money to both political parties.
