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Old March 12th 08, 06:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Boeing Formally Protests US Air Force Tanker Contract Award

On Mar 12, 10:12*am, AJ wrote:

Boeing Formally Protests US Air Force Tanker Contract Award
Says KC-X RFP Differs From Criteria Cited In Going with KC-45A


snip long story on Boeing's whining...

This shouldn't surprise anyone familiary with gov't contracts. With
the huge $$ at stake in the KC-X program I expected the loser
(whomever that would be) to appeal. Apparently that's the automatic
response to losing a big contract now. Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin/
Agusta Westland did the same when the USAF chose Boeing's HH-47 for
the CSAR-X program.