06.25.2008 12:27 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If highly-technical audits of Air Force procurement are your thing, there’s a doozy of one out today.
The Government Accountability Office just released the public version of its 67-page audit of the Air Force’s controversial decision to give its new…

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05.30.2008 11:33 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
India’s plan to buy 126 fighter jets is one of the biggest competitions on the plate of Boeing Co.’s St. Louis-based defense unit. But it’ll be on the plate for quite a while yet, Integrated Defense Systems chief Jim Albaugh predicted…

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04.28.2008 1:54 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Boeing Co. has pulled few punches in its protest of the Air Force’s February decision to give a hotly-contested contract for mid-air refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman and EADS.
But now Boeing’s aggressive approach may be damaging relations with its…

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03.18.2008 11:18 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The tanker PR war continues.
Boeing Co. today released an executive summary of the protest it filed last week with the Government Accountability Office over its loss to Northrop Grumman and EADS North America of the Air Force’s $40 billion…

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03.10.2008 5:09 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Boeing Co. on Monday said it will formally protest a $35 billion Air Force contract awarded to European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.
Boeing’s chairman and CEO, Jim McNerney, said…

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03.10.2008 11:37 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boeing Co. on Monday set the stage for a protest of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, saying it has “serious concerns” about the fairness and process of the competition.
Boeing was debriefed by Air…

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03.07.2008 5:15 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After a several-hours-long meeting with Air Force acquisitions officials, Boeing still has “significant concerns” about the process by which Northrop Grumman and EADS were awarded a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers, Boeing tanker program manager Mark McGraw said in…

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03.07.2008 10:56 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Associated Press is reporting that the Boeing Co. says it’s reassessing the schedule for the new 787 and won’t announce the result until the end of the month.
Some analysts expect another delay.
Boeing’s 787 program has been hit…

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03.06.2008 12:00 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Associated Press is reporting that China plans to set up its own company to make passenger jumbo jets, making it less dependent on Boeing Co. and Europe’s Airbus.
China’s two main aircraft manufacturing and servicing companies were discussing cooperation…

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03.05.2008 11:14 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Boeing defense chief Jim Albaugh this morning told industry analysts that the company is still perplexed about why it lost the coveted aerial refueling tanker contract the Air Force awarded Friday to a team of Northrop Grumman and EADS.
At a…

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