Armor plates for U.S. military vehicles produced in Russian-owned plant never passed inspection

[QChawks]

Employees at a Russian-owned steel plant operator in Oregon falsified inspection results on armored plating, including some used for U.S. Army vehicles, according to a new report.

An internal investigation, whose results were obtained by Bloomberg, detailed how workers at the steel plant operator Evraz North America bypassed mandatory hardness tests and inserted fake results for about 12,800 armor plates during incidents spanning from 2017 through 2019 at a facility in Portland. The plates were then labeled as tested and approved.


Evraz launched its internal probe following allegations of bypassed requirements in the quality control procedures, .

The Independent has reached out to Evraz for comment.

Oshkosh Defense, a “primary customer” of the plates, according to Bloomberg, has been awarded contracts by the U.S. Army for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. The United Kingdom, Israel, Romania and other countries also use the vehicles.

Oshkosh has built more than 22,000 of the vehicles as of 2024, and each are supposed to last about 20 years, according to Bloomberg. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle has “consistently demonstrated its ability to fill critical capability gaps for U.S. and international militaries,” Oshkosh Defense’s website states.

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Some armored plates potentially sent to a U.S. Army contractor that produces Joint Light Tactical Vehicles bypassed required hardness tests, according to a new report (US Army Acquisition Support Center)
Evraz’s 2019 internal findings found that beginning in November 2017, some employees failed to consistently use a machine to measure the hardness of the armored plates, circumventing a requirement, and then inputted fake results manually, Bloomberg reported.


“Armor plate does require 100% hardness testing,” the internal report noted. Still, falsifying data was a “widespread” practice, the company investigation concluded.

Four employees admitted to falsifying hardness ratings; some even said there wasn’t enough time to complete the test for each plate due to the demands to keep the process moving, Bloomberg reported.LINK HERE

 

[franklinman]

Surprise, surprise. How can that be.

 

[Joes Place]

Employees at a Russian-owned steel plant operator in Oregon falsified inspection results on armored plating, including some used for U.S. Army vehicles, according to a new report.

An internal investigation, whose results were obtained by Bloomberg, detailed how workers at the steel plant operator Evraz North America bypassed mandatory hardness tests and inserted fake results for about 12,800 armor plates during incidents spanning from 2017 through 2019 at a facility in Portland. The plates were then labeled as tested and approved.


Evraz launched its internal probe following allegations of bypassed requirements in the quality control procedures, .

The Independent has reached out to Evraz for comment.

Oshkosh Defense, a “primary customer” of the plates, according to Bloomberg, has been awarded contracts by the U.S. Army for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. The United Kingdom, Israel, Romania and other countries also use the vehicles.

Oshkosh has built more than 22,000 of the vehicles as of 2024, and each are supposed to last about 20 years, according to Bloomberg. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle has “consistently demonstrated its ability to fill critical capability gaps for U.S. and international militaries,” Oshkosh Defense’s website states.

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Some armored plates potentially sent to a U.S. Army contractor that produces Joint Light Tactical Vehicles bypassed required hardness tests, according to a new report (US Army Acquisition Support Center)
Evraz’s 2019 internal findings found that beginning in November 2017, some employees failed to consistently use a machine to measure the hardness of the armored plates, circumventing a requirement, and then inputted fake results manually, Bloomberg reported.


“Armor plate does require 100% hardness testing,” the internal report noted. Still, falsifying data was a “widespread” practice, the company investigation concluded.

Four employees admitted to falsifying hardness ratings; some even said there wasn’t enough time to complete the test for each plate due to the demands to keep the process moving, Bloomberg reported.LINK HERE

2017-2019!!???

Goddammit Biden!!!!

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Portland...... f'n hippies

 

[bagdropper]

Yeah, "employees falsified..."

Couldn't have possibly been, I dunno...the goddam RUSSIAN OWNERS behind it all, could it?

I know. Crazy talk...

 

[alaskanseminole]

TL;DR Trumpanese Summary:

Let me tell you, folks, this is a big, big story. Employees at a Russian-owned steel plant in Oregon were caught falsifying inspection results on armored plating—yes, that’s right, armored plating, some of it used for U.S. Army vehicles. A huge scandal, and the results of an internal investigation—which I’ve seen, I’ve heard about—show just how bad it was. Workers at Evraz North America—a company with ties to Russia—were bypassing mandatory tests, inserting fake results for 12,800 armor plates. This went on for years, from 2017 to 2019, at a plant in Portland. And they still labeled those plates as tested and approved! Incredible.

Now, Evraz launched an investigation after allegations came in about cutting corners in their quality control. And this is why it’s so important to always get the facts—so many companies just don’t do it right. Oshkosh Defense, a major U.S. contractor, was buying these plates, and they’ve got deals with the U.S. Army—we’re talking Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, very important stuff, folks. The UK, Israel, Romania, and others use them too. 22,000 vehicles made, supposed to last 20 years, and now this happens. Unbelievable.

Evraz’s findings in 2019 are stunning. They found that some employees, starting in November 2017, were skipping the machine tests that are supposed to measure the hardness of these plates. Instead, they falsified the results—and they did it a lot. And you know what? Four employees admitted to it. They said they couldn’t do the tests because the process was too fast—just another example of how the system gets corrupted, folks. It’s a disaster!