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Navy/USMC

Boeing Protests Navy’s CAC2S Award To General Dynamics

Friday, October 26th, 2012

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Boeing [BA] filed an agency-level protest over the Navy's award of a $41 million contract to a team lead by General Dynamics [GD] for the Marine Corps’ next-generation aviation command and control (C2) system. Boeing spokeswoman Cheryl Sampson told Defense Daily yesterday the company filed its protest of the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) contract award Oct. 9. Sampson said she couldn’t elaborate on why Boeing filed the protest, other than it is “seeking some additional information.” The…

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