Tanker Contest Could Lead To Air Force Changes
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Northrop Grumman
Published: Mon, March 10, 2008 - 2:35 pm
debriefing to Northrop Grumman Corporation today and fully
explained why the company's KC-45A tanker offering was clearly the
superior tanker for the contract to replace the service's aerial
refueling tankers.
"We greatly appreciate the customer's rigorous and deliberative debrief
today. According to the Air Force, Northrop Grumman's KC-45A was
selected because it is more advantageous to the government in the key
areas of Mission Capability, Past Performance, Cost/Price, and
Integrated Fleet Aerial Refueling Assessment. Our tanker clearly
provides the warfighter with the best capability and at the best value
to the American taxpayer," said Paul Meyer, Northrop Grumman vice
president of Air Mobility Systems and KC-45A program manager. "We are
under contract and moving out to get badly needed new tankers into the
Air Force fleet as soon as possible."
Over the course of this source selection process, both competitors have
repeatedly stated that the Air Force acquisition process for the KC-X
program was fair, open and fully transparent. The process employed was
unprecedented in many ways because the Air Force involved acquisition
personnel from Office of the Secretary Defense and other military
services to ensure the use of fair methodologies, and it provided
continuing feedback to both companies on their strengths and weaknesses
which allowed them to address and resolve issues.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $32 billion global defense and
technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems,
products, and solutions in information and services, electronics,
aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers
worldwide.
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