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Textron, Inc.

Failure to Test Equipment

Date: 05/12/1995 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Defense – General

Contracting Party: Defense - General

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $100,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: “Textron Inc. will pay the United States $100,000 to settle allegations it failed to properly test locknuts it manufactured for military aircraft… Textron said its Cherry Division facility in Santa Ana, California, failed to properly perform stress embrittlement tests on certain flyweight nuts and that only samples of 12-point nuts were inspected by dye penetrant and/or magnetic particle methods although the contract required that all nuts be inspected by those methods. In some instances, inspection documents were fabricated to avoid detection.”