By
The Associated Press
Published: Tue, March 18, 2008 - 1:08 pm
playing field in a 35 billion dollar contract competition toward
Northrop Grumman and EADS to keep the two in the game.
The company's formal protest of the air tanker award was
released today. Boeing said the Air Force "repeatedly made
fundamental but often unstated changes to the bid requirements and
evaluation process" to keep the Northrop Grumman/EADS proposal
alive.
Last week, Boeing filed its protest the Government
Accountability Office to overturn the Air Force award.
Northrop Grumman's CEO also went on the offensive last week,
warning that tossing the tanker award would undermine all
government procurement.
Lawmakers from Alabama and other states where the Northrop/EADS
team will perform its tanker work are rallying the defense.
Although the underlying Airbus plane would be built mostly in
Europe, the companies plan to perform final assembly work in Mobile
and use General Electric engines built in North Carolina and Ohio.
The GAO has 100 days from the date of Boeing's March 11th
protest filing to issue a decision.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Breaking Ground At Brookley
News Map
Email to a Friend 
Printer Friendly 
Recently Commented On