[ryanfx]

I don't see what your problem is with anything?....


The airforce kept changing their specifications that they wanted throughout the entire design phase of the competition. Boeing filed a complaint because they thought the competition was handled poorly and should be re-evaluated. A single republican senator from guess where, Alabama, was quoted as saying the entire competition was devised so that Boeing could win... even though Boeing had originally lost.

The second quote says that it's a disaster for the American tax payer... how? After restructuring the program with further design details Northrop realized they weren't fit for the job and did not resubmit their application. Would you have preferred they designed our tankers only to find that they were unfit for the job half way through?

Protesting a contract agreement is not uncommon.,.. "And in recent years, the GAO has increasingly sided with protesting contractors in all federal departments. GAO statistics show 16 percent of protesters won in 2002, 17 percent in 2003, 21 percent in 2004, 23 percent in 2005 and 29 percent 2006."


Posts without research is why political threads get out of hand anyways.