Inspector General Erred Boasting Hotline Found Raytheon Defect

  • Raytheon identified a missile flaw on its own, Air Force says
  • Watchdog office will issue an `errata notice' in the new year
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The passage in a report by the Pentagon’s inspector general looked like other contractor missteps captured by the watchdog office: It said a whistle-blower complaint to its hotline forced Raytheon Co. to pay $10.6 million to fix defective air-to-air missiles.

This time, though, the inspector general had some explaining to do. It turns out Raytheon actually discovered the flaw in Amraam air-to-air missiles it produced for the Air Force and fixed it at its own expense.