Boeing Wins a Big One

Today's good news is very good: The Government Accountability Office sustained Boeing's protest of the Air Force's award of the tanker contract to Northrup Grumman.

“Our review of the record led us to conclude that the Air Force had made a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what was a close competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman.  We therefore sustained Boeing’s protest,” said Michael R. Golden, the GAO’s managing associate general counsel for procurement law.

It seems certain to guarantee Boeing another shot at the contract, with better information and good prospects. Coverage in The News Tribune, the Puget Sound Business Journal, the Seattle PI, and  practically every other NW media outlet. (cross posted at WashACE.com)