Boeing [BA] said Thursday it took the first step toward bringing a formal legal challenge of the Danish Ministry of Defense’s evaluation regarding the country’s next fighter jet.
Boeing submitted a request for insight to the MoD, which requires the ministry to provide all materials related to the fighter procurement evaluation and decision announced in June. Denmark’s parliament in June voted for the F-35 over the Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet to replace the country’s F-16 fighter fleet.
Boeing said the MoD and its new fighter program office did not recommend the Super Hornet, a decision it believes was the product of a flawed evaluation process. Boeing Global Strike Vice President and General Manager Debbie Rub said the company believes the MoD inaccurately assessed the cost and capability of the Super Hornet.
Boeing presented its concerns with the evaluation process to the Danish Parliament Defense Committee before the award decision earlier this year, taking issue, in particular, with the MoD’s estimate that the Super Hornet would cost up to twice as much as detailed in the U.S. Defense Department budget documents.