Xa i-NASA ye-Orbiting Carbon Observatory kunye ne-Glory missions ayizange iphumelele kwi-2009 kunye ne-2011, ngokulandelelana, i-arhente ye-space ichaze ukusilela kukungasebenzi kakuhle kwe-Orbital ATK's Taurus XL isithuthi sokusungulwa.
Emva koku, iingcali ezivela kwinkampani yokuvelisa kunye ne-NASA zasebenza ekuphuculeni i-rocket fairing, kodwa, njengoko kubonakala, isizathu sasingekho ngenxa yeziphene zoyilo.
Uphando olwenziwe yiNASA's Launch Services Programme (LSP) yafumanisa ukuba unobangela yayiziindawo ezingalunganga zealuminiyam ezibonelelwa yiSapa Profiles eOregon.
Uphando lufumene i-19-year fraud scheme ephuhliswe ngumenzi weprofayili ye-aluminium ye-Sapa Profiles, ejolise kwi-Orbital ATK.
I-LSP, kunye ne-Ofisi yoMhloli Jikelele weNASA (NASA OIG) kunye neSebe lezoBulungisa laseMelika, bafumanise ukuba iiProfayili ze-Sapa ziye zaxoka iziphumo zovavanyo olubalulekileyo kwi-aluminiyam enikezelweyo iminyaka eli-19. Abasebenzi beeProfayili ze-Sapa banikezele ngezatifikethi zemveliso yobuxoki kubathengi, kubandakanywa neekontraka zikarhulumente. Injongo yenkampani yayikukufumana inzuzo, kunye nemfuneko yokufihla umgangatho ongahambelaniyo weemveliso zayo ze-aluminium, ngelixa abasebenzi bayo bavuzwa ngeebhonasi zemveliso zokuhanjiswa kweentlanganiso.
Ngenxa yophando, i-Hydro Extrusion Portland, Inc., eyayibizwa ngokuba yi-Sapa Profiles, iya kunyanzeleka ukuba ihlawule i-46 yezigidi zeedola kwi-NASA, iSebe lezoBulungisa lase-US kunye neminye imibutho.
Oko kungaphantsi kakhulu kwe-700 yezigidi zeedola ze-NASA eziphulukene nokusilela kwimishini, kodwa ubuncinci abasemagunyeni baye bakwazi ukuyibamba i-SPI ngezenzo zayo. Ukongezelela, ngoSeptemba 30, i-2015, i-Sapa Profiles / Hydro Extrusion yanqunyanyiswa kwisivumelwano sikarhulumente kwaye ayiyi kuphinda ikwazi ukwenza ishishini kunye norhulumente wobumbano.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru