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Boeing, GD Win A-12 Round In Supreme Court

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

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The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a 2007 decision by a federal appeals court that upheld an another federal court’s decision that the Navy was justified in terminating for default a contract with Boeing [BA] and General Dynamics [GD] for the development of the A-12 stealth bomber. For now, the decision means that the federal government can’t collect about $2.9 billion in damages it is seeking from the two companies—split evenly between Boeing and GD--and that the contractors can’t collect any…

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