Northrop can build airplanes. This is all about sour grapes and the size of Boeing's lobbiest and blogger force. You would think that would actually get the 787 in production before whining so much about losing a contract. It is really really old and tiresome, and my opinion of Boeing is going in the tubes.
So why didn't they offer their own design and build it themselves instead of fronting for EADs and using their plane?
This is all about sour grapes and the size of Boeing's lobbies...
Which would have won the contract in the first place if that was so.
No. The Sour Grapes appear to be coming from John McCain, (weeping crocodile tears on behalf of the taxpayer...when the USAF itself admitted it had improperly picked the more expensive and costly-to-operate planes, and conflated the Boeing price in violation of the rules), and EADs bloggers.
So was this an isolated non-sequitur by McCain? I think not. The interference by McCain on behalf of EADs just doesn't quit.
This supports my contentions from years back that there was a fix in for the EADs bid...led by McCain himself. So, is he "Owned", lock stock and barrel? Its beginning to look that way. Consistent with EADs global corruption model. They are accustomed to deducting their bribes as business expenses (still).
And the USAF conducted a blatant and proveable double-standard. So how can you fault the GAO for finding definitive improprieties that were not deniable by the USAF? You want those swept under the rug, eh?
Furthermore, its not over yet...all the GAO was strongly recommending was that the USAF conduct a fair bidding...which it had failed to do. Thus they need to rebid it...and do it right.
What are you afraid of....fairness? This fear of fairness by EADs and its minions makes it likely that they know that their political fix could unravel under the withering exposure to sunlight...and real openness and transparency. They and the USAF have been the ones redacting the details that went against EADs. Boeing has shown every sign of "letting it all hang out" since they had nothing to lose.
And if Boeing wins with fair rules, I imagine that you will still whine. If Boeing loses again...and it was fair, I believe they would not appeal.
Put yourself in their shoes. How would you have reacted to having been lied to, and misled by the USAF procurement team?