Boeing, Lockheed To Challenge US Bomber Contract Award To Northrop Grumman Corp

Reuters: Boeing, Lockheed protest U.S. Pentagon's bomber award to Northrop

Boeing Co (BA.N) and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) on Friday filed a formal protest against the U.S. Air Force's contract with Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) for a new long-range strike bomber, saying the selection process was "fundamentally flawed."

The Pentagon's two largest suppliers, who worked as a team on the bid, said they believed the Air Force "did not properly reward the contractors’ proposals to break the upward-spiraling historical cost curves of defense acquisitions, or properly evaluate the relative or comparative risk of the competitors’ ability to perform."

The Air Force last week selected Northrop, maker of the stealth B-2 bomber, to develop and build the new bomber.

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