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Boeing wins key round in Air Force tanker protest
Seattle Times ^ | June 18, 2008

Posted on 06/18/2008 11:08:11 AM PDT by jazusamo

WASHINGTON

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: aerospace; boeing; congress; defensecontractors; ead; tanker; tankercontract; usaf
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1 posted on 06/18/2008 11:08:12 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

So much for the Dems saying they want “better relations with our allies”.

Sarkozy ought to be on the air right now ripping them up for interfering AFTER all the bids and specs have been revealed.


2 posted on 06/18/2008 11:22:00 AM PDT by Timeout
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To: Timeout

My guess is that the AF, congress, and the court will tire of this whole mess by November....then a whole new bid will be ordered. The EDS crowd will just give up...and thus we get a tanker....with no competition...which is what Boeing all along.


3 posted on 06/18/2008 11:24:26 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: jazusamo
No retirement jobs with Airbus. Boeing knows how to take care of Government employees
4 posted on 06/18/2008 11:26:42 AM PDT by We Dare Defend Our Rights
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To: jazusamo

Why win tenders when you can just sue?


5 posted on 06/18/2008 11:30:00 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: pepsionice

And then we’ll wonder why our European “partners” will jump off the JSF/F-35 project.

Apparently, trade only works one way for congress and Boeing.


6 posted on 06/18/2008 11:32:06 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Timeout

I really don’t know what to think of any of it, it’s a political can of worms.


7 posted on 06/18/2008 11:33:48 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

I believe this is a good sign for Boeing....I think. Since I don’t know much about those type of things, isn’t the other contracted company French?


8 posted on 06/18/2008 11:37:03 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Timeout

I don’t know exactly how concerned the Europeans will be. The Airbus Tanker was going to be assembled here in the US. Labor is what the Euros want.


9 posted on 06/18/2008 11:37:34 AM PDT by Tallguy (Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
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To: RoseofTexas
This is Boeing's reward for having been caught lying, cheating and bribing on the first bid.
10 posted on 06/18/2008 11:39:41 AM PDT by We Dare Defend Our Rights
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To: RoseofTexas
EADS is a European company.
11 posted on 06/18/2008 11:47:40 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo
Wonderful! Now Boeing can dump an aging shitbird that hasn't even been demonstrated as a tanker on the US Air Force, delaying the replacement of the KC-135s, and guaranteed massive cost overruns in a noncompetitive environment!
12 posted on 06/18/2008 11:54:51 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: jazusamo

Bad news for Mobile, Alabama - where the “French” tanker would have been built.


13 posted on 06/18/2008 12:02:12 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Nope. Not gonna do it.)
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To: RoseofTexas

It is a good thing.

The GAO press release is out on the GAO’s website (www.gao.gov).

GAO: “The Air Force did not assess the relative merits of the proposals in accordance with the evaluation criteria identified in the solicitation. . .”

GAO: “the Air Force has made a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome. . .”

GAO: “The Air Force conducted misleading and unequal discussions with Boeing. . . “

Etc.

Strong words, very strong.


14 posted on 06/18/2008 12:04:33 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: pepsionice

Besides having trouble keeping track of nukes, I wouldn’t be surprised if the award of this contract to the frenchies played a part in the recent dismissal of the Sec. of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff.


15 posted on 06/18/2008 12:11:02 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Osama Hussein Obama Hater - bitterly clinging to my guns and religion.)
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To: Tallguy

There’s a diagram out there somewhere with the parts content.

Significant chunks will be built and assembled in Europe (fuselage sections and wings, IIRC) and then shipped to America for final assembly.

More than enough labor to remain in Europe to make it profitable.


16 posted on 06/18/2008 12:12:15 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Hulka

And just words.
The only thing the goobermint really produces.

Sound and fury.


17 posted on 06/18/2008 12:13:59 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Hulka

Or, just maybe, somebody in the GAO is looking for a cushy Boeing job in the near future?

More often true, than not.


18 posted on 06/18/2008 12:14:52 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Hulka

The entire GAO post can be read here

http://www.mobilebaytimes.com/gao_1_.pdf

Having read the Boeing protest submittals beforehand I was not surprised by the outcome. The government’s bias in the tanker competition was appalling. Sue Payton should be the next AF civilian to get her walking papers.

Having said that getting a new competition is one thing, actually winning the new contest is another. Maybe on the next go round the AF can write clearer specifications on what they are looking for.


19 posted on 06/18/2008 12:18:17 PM PDT by blue state conservative
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To: SJSAMPLE
True that!

This contract would have provided alot of jobs in Alabama. I'm sick of hearing how this is a French co.

Do people forget that Boeing also has offshore manufacturing?

Boeing is being a crybaby and it appears it's working.

20 posted on 06/18/2008 12:22:00 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (A good man has come home to San Diego! Thank you Congressman Hunter)
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