Article: DoD IG: Druyun Impacted Air Force's KC-135 Depot Contract With Boeing.(Department of Defense Inspector General)

By Michael Sirak

The Air Force could have achieved greater cost savings under a contract settlement it reached five years ago with Boeing [BA] for the upkeep of its KC- 135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft had ex-senior Air Force weapons buyer Darleen Druyun not rushed the deal, according to a recently issued report from the Defense Department's Inspector General (IG).

"Air Force and Defense Contract Management Agency records showed that Ms. Druyun's influence hurried the outcome of the settlement of the contract price adjustment and the restructuring of the contract," read the findings of the report entitled Adjusting the Price and ...

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