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Article: Boeing protest says Air Force changed rules to favor Northrop/EADS team in $35B tanker award
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- March 18, 2008
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Boeing Co. said Air Force officials tilted the playing field in a $35 billion (euro22.19 billion) contract competition toward Northrop Grumman Corp. and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. to keep the two in the game.
In its formal protest of the air tanker award, released publicly Tuesday, 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.
The release of the proposal is Boeing's latest public relations salvo in the tanker battle. Last week, the Chicago-based company filed its protest the Government Accountability Office to ...