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Defective weapon sights: L3 buys their way out
2016-04-04
[Wash Post] U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets but instead have a defect, acknowledged by the manufacturer, that potentially endangers the lives of service members in combat, according to court records and military officials.

The U.S. government is aware of the problem and sued the sight’s maker in November for fraud, accusing the company, L-3 Communications, of covering up a variety of issues with the sight, which has been used by every branch of the military, the FBI, the State Department and local law enforcement.

The company quickly settled for $25.6 million. “A sight that ‘almost works’ is not acceptable,” said Naval Criminal Investigative Service Director Andrew Traver in a news release the day the settlement was announced.
Posted by:Whaimble Gletch4918

#8  I had one, it worked fine, even in Texas. But they gave me a full refund for it. So I'm happy with it.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2016-04-04 18:16  

#7  $12.629B 2013 revenues. Yeah, they had the $25m just sitting around.
Posted by: Iblis   2016-04-04 16:19  

#6  Fixed. Thank you, AlanC.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-04-04 13:09  

#5  Can I be the pedant and complain about "SITES" (sic) in the headline? 8^)
Posted by: AlanC   2016-04-04 11:16  

#4  ..or shifted it (Quick, this can't wait) from their 2016 campaign PAC?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-04-04 10:02  

#3  "Quickly settled for $25m"
L3 just happened to have that laying around in a contingency fund? Or settled to stop further investigation.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-04-04 09:23  

#2  Used by the shape-shifting, holographic prone State Department was it? No bid, sole source no doubt.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-04-04 06:29  

#1  There is a NCIS episode in making there.
Posted by: Tarzan Slailet2796   2016-04-04 01:59  

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