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GAO Upholds Boeing Tanker Protest, Recommends Air Force Reopen Bidding

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic Citing "significant errors" committed by the Air Force, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday upheld Boeing's [BA] challenge of the service's decision to award a multi-billion-dollar aerial-refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and industry partner European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. "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…

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