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U.S. Agency Denies Boeing’s Protest of Bomber Contract

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a Boeing protest of the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) contract award to Northrop Grumman. Boeing maintained that the selection process for the potentially $80 billion program was flawed, and said it is considering its next steps. On October 27, the U.S. Air Force announced its selection of Northrop Grumman to begin developing the bomber under a $21.4 billion engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract. The EMD phase will be followed by procurement options for the first five production lots of 21 bombers out of a total desired fleet of 100. Read More