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Boeing shocked many of their supporters and stockholders when they moved their corporate offices to Chicago back in the 90's.

They aren't my daddy's Boeing anymore, but I was happy to see them win one against 0bama's NRLB who objected to their building a plant in "right to work"/non-union South Carolina.

The unions and government regulations are always part of the problem.

All of the major defense companies are in bed with government. They have to be in order to continue to get contracts...

Eco-conscious? Check.
Gay-friendly? Check.
Gender-neutral? Check.
Anti-Harassment-trained? Check.

My own feeling is that USGOV wants to keep all three (Lockheed, Boeing, and Northrop) alive. So from here on out Lockheed gets the fighter jets, Boeing gets the tankers, and Northrop gets the bombers.

I'm thinking that Boeing and Lockheed are protesting this time not so much because they think they can win, but because their shareholders expect it... shareholders who by-and-large probably also own a lot of Northrop stock.

What Boeing and Lockheed will get in exchange for this extortion-via-litigation is probably a bit more of the subcontracting work and some budget and schedule relaxation when their own underbid programs start generating the inevitable overruns.