• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    US Government Employee: “Okay, awesome. So that’s a solid contract for the Lunar Lander for NASA. Great doing business with you.”

    Northrop Grumman salesman: “Yeah, sure, happy to help us win the space race against the Soviets!”

    Gov Employee: “Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go figure out who we’re going to get to build a stealth bomber for the Air Force.”

    Grumman: “Oh, we can do that too!”

    Gov Employee: “Whoa, really? Thanks, that really makes the rest of the week easier. I appreciate it! Now all I need to do is find someone to make some cute little mail delivery trucks for the USPS.”

    Grumman: “You’re not gonna believe this…”

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    23 days ago

    They just copied SAAB.

    They tried to give away a SAAB made anti-tank weapon with each vehicle purchase in the US in the 80s and 90s to bolster sales, but were told “that’s not a responsible reaction to road rage.”