Boeing Protests $35B Tanker Contract Award
Boeing protests $35B tanker contract award

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Published: March 11, 2008

WASHINGTON - Boeing Co. has filed a formal protest of a $35 billion Air Force tanker award it lost to a European rival.

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European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. won the high-stakes deal to replace 179 air-to-air refueling tankers. The award is the first of three major Air Force contracts to replace its entire fleet of nearly 600 aging tankers over the next 30 years.

Chicago-based Boeing says it filed the protest with the Goverment Accountability Office because of "irregularities" in the contract competition.


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Hey, at least they got to bid the project unlike most government deals lately.....
Lawerence, Oklahoma City - Mar 12, 2008 9:30 AM
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Maybe this is what happens when one charges $400 for a hammer that one can buy at a hardware store for $12. Worse yet, then the government pays the $400.
Tom, Edmond - Mar 11, 2008 5:30 PM
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What's the big deal? We already are in bed with Communist China to the extent if we ever went to war with them, we probably couldnt build a plane or tank without their cheap labor. WAY TO GO BIG BUSINESS!
Russell, Oklahoma City - Mar 11, 2008 4:44 PM
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Oh I forgot...Boeing left Seattle, too.
Chris, Jones - Mar 11, 2008 4:38 PM
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good luck, I think Boeing screwed it up with all the stuff that happened in the past.
Sam, Oklahoma City - Mar 11, 2008 2:41 PM
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