May 13, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
· Filed under Boeing, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, Satellites, U.S. Air Force, space
According to this article the Air Force is expected to award the GPS III contract this week following a successful DAB a few weeks ago. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are in the running, and some are inevitably expecting a protest by the loser. Lockheed Martin won most of the GPS II work and [...]
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Tagged with: acquisition, air force, Boeing, dab, ducks in a row, gps iii, Lockheed Martin, loser, major awards, Protest, Satellites, usaf
February 19, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
· Filed under Boeing, Commentary, Contract Awards, EADS, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
In another demonstration of why moving the headquarters of their company to Chicago was a good idea, Boeing gets Jesse Jackson to publish an editorial in The Washington Times in favor of them winning the KC-X contract. See the essay here. The Air Force is supposed to announce the winner by the end [...]
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