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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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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02.27.2008 2:47 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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02.27.2008 9:58 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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02.26.2008 12:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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