Citing the USAF tanker contract decision as "seriously flawed", it should come as no surprise to anyone that yesterday Boeing filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the outcome of the contest to build the Air Force's next generation aerial refueler. The team of Northrop Grumman and EADS received the winning bid to build the KC-45A as a replacement to the aging fleet of KC-135s. It is kind of ironic that Boeing is crying foul now that they allege the Air Force changed the requirements of the competition midstream to make things unfair for them and favor the A330 design. Especially since they were implicated with the Air Force back in 2002 for running a single-bid competition for this same contract. I guess you reap what you sow. I believe Boeing is planning on having Aaron represent them in the upcoming legal battles over this.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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