Boeing among top NASA contractors plagued by billions in cost overruns and delays, report finds

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Their costs are rocketing upwards.

Several of NASA’s top private contractors have been plagued by budget overruns and delays that have forced taxpayers to cough up billions extra, a scathing new study has found.

Between fiscal years 2021 and 2024, the space agency shelled out some $60 billion in contracts while recouping $7.7 million in civil fines and $9.6 million in criminal restitution, while the Treasury Department recovered $33.5 million in fraudulent and wasteful spending, the study from transparency advocacy group Open The Books noted.

Among the worst offenders has been Boeing, which was forced to make 71 “corrective action requests” to the government related to its products between 2021 and 2023, the study found, citing NASA watchdog probe data.

Most notably, the aerospace company was tasked with developing the Boeing Starliner, a spacecraft intended to move crew in and out of the International Space Station (ISS).

By 

Ryan King

Published March 12, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET