Top Pentagon weapons-buyer John Young gave an interesting interview to the Washington Post, published today, explaining his controversial decision to award a $40 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence & Space…
Even as Boeing lobbies the Pentagon for more time to design a bigger plane to offer as the Air Force’s new aerial refueling tanker, there are reports today that its rivals may do the same.
A report on Business Week’s website this morning…
Update: 12:20 p.m.: Boeing spokesman Dan Beck says no decision has been made on its next step in the tanker deal and that it is “not discussing internal deliberations.”
The company has filed its comments on the new RFP with the…
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 aerial…
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 biggest…
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 contract…
Looks like the wait will continue for the results of the Air Force’s $40 billion aerial refueling tanker contract award, which has been due “any day now” all week.
The day won’t be today, top Air Force weapons buyer Sue Payton…
Late Tuesday, as the entire defense aerospace world waited for word from the Pentagon on the $40 billion aerial refueling tanker contract being hotly contested by Boeing and EADS/Northrop Grumman, one newspaper claimed it knew the victor.
The Malaysia Sun, a daily…
One of the biggest Air Force acquisition decisions of the decade has been made. But only a select few people know how it turned out. The rest of us just have to wait.
Top Air Force procurement officials met Monday to…
