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echo ,

So they make a variety of “delivery” vehicles…

pyrflie ,

Northrop Grumman facilitating all your delivery needs.

enkille ,

Truly a post apocalyptic company

TachyonTele ,

“awe man, I’m on the mail truck line again”

ilinamorato ,

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…”

ilinamorato ,

Just to head off any pedantry: I know this isn’t how it went, but it’s funnier this way.

pineapplelover ,

I believe the history is Grumman made the usps trucks and then a little while after, they merged with Northrup, to make Northrup Grumman.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_LLV

ilinamorato ,

Yes, hence the disclaimer. Grumman delivered the Lunar Module in 1968, Grumman delivered the LLV in 1986, Northrup delivered the B-2 Spirit in 1987, and the companies combined in 1994.

Crackhappy ,
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You didn’t pay any attention to their comment trying to head off your pedantry. Did you?

candybrie ,

The pedantry is genuinely interesting and contributes to the conversation. It’s not like *it’s or something that’s pedantic for the sake of being pedantic.

ilinamorato , (edited )

It’s wild that they actually responded to the pedantry comment with the exact pedantry I was trying to pre-empt.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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Is this why I never see my mailman anymore?

sazey ,

Maybe your radar needs an upgrade?

MossyFeathers ,

I’m gonna miss the old design. The new one looks like someone smashed it with a looney tunes hammer.

spicytuna62 ,
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Looks aside, I’ll bet visibility is incredible, at least from the front. And I think that at least my mail carrier will appreciate having air conditioning. We still have a lot of the old LLV’s here and it was 105 and humid all summer.

Nougat ,

Being able to stand up inside the vehicle is another huge benefit. And a bunch of them are going to be electric.

Corigan ,

Functionally it’s amazing. Totally with you.

Being able to stand in the back, low step deck, ac/heat! Visibility. And electric for the most part. our couriers deserve it.

MossyFeathers ,

Yeah, no doubt it’s a significant upgrade, the old vehicle’s silhouette is just really iconic to me.

TheImpressiveX ,
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For context, this is the current design, the Grumman LLV:

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/9ea69269-b0da-4a31-9164-cdce80bb2281.jpeg

And this is the new 2024 redesign, the Oshkosh NGDV:

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/3a535523-5862-4c54-a8b9-9cf0ed506f32.jpeg

taladar ,

The old design looks like it was cobbled together by Elon Musk in his garage.

FilthyShrooms ,

New design is goofy but I kinda love it, it looks like a cartoon. Also it just screams functionality, the driver can see so much out of that massive windshield

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