Thursday, June 19, 2008

GAO Overturns Air Force Tanker Contract by Jed Babbin

Today the Government Accountability Office sustained Boeing’s protest against the Air Force award of the new air refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman/EADS. The press release -- which you can read here -- shows that GAO agreed with Boeing that the Air Force had violated government contract law and regulations by making the choice of the too big, too heavy Airbus aircraft based on criteria different from the ones in the Air Force request for proposals.

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