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Article: Boeing says protest faces uphill slog, slams Air Force for fixing rules to favor Northrop/EADS
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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) tanker contract competition toward Northrop Grumman Corp. and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. to keep the two in the game.
In a formal protest of the contract made public on 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 executive summary of the protest is Boeing's latest public relations salvo in its attempt to overturn the Air Force award of the tanker deal to the Northrop/EADS team. Doing so ...