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…
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 in a…
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 Force officials…
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 Citigroup…
In case you’d missed it, the Air Force announced Friday that it will Northrop Grumman and EADS a $35-$40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers instead of Boeing.
It was a major upset, but apparently the contest wasn’t even close.
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…
Boeing Co. will have to wait at least one more day before learning if it has won the coveted $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force.
While a key board met Monday to decide about the contract -…
