Agency Recommends Air Force Reopen the Bid Process
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just sustained
the Boeing Company’s protest of the Department of the Air
Force’s award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Systems
Corporation for KC-X aerial refueling tankers. Boeing challenged
the Air Force’s technical and cost evaluations, conduct of
discussions, and source selection decision.
Says All Airmen May Lead By Example In Troubled Times
Good leadership at all levels will fix what ails the Air Force,
the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during an event at
Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base on Tuesday.
Alenia North America announced Tuesday the first C-27J Spartan
for the US Army's Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) successfully completed
its maiden flight at the Alenia facility in Turin, Italy.
We're approaching the final days -- and possibly hours -- before
the Government Accountability Office will rule on a protest filed
by Boeing, contesting the February 29 awarding of a
lucrative US Air Force tanker contract to a team comprised of
Northrop Grumman and EADS. A decision on that protest could come at
any time... and that means the competitors are getting their last
licks in, while they still can.
The owner of a suburban Moscow home feels like her government is
dumping on her. Can't say we blame her... after all, we'd probably
feel the same, too, if a government plane had dropped a sack of
cement on our house.
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