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Air Force

No Protest for T-X Contract Award to Boeing

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, October 11th, 2018

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No Protest for T-X Contract Award to Boeing

Two Boeing-Saab T-X aircraft fly over St. Louis (Boeing photo)ces_STL_4/27/2017_RMS#307321_MSF17-0022 Series_Photos by John Parker

The way is clear for Boeing [BA] to safely secure three major aircraft development contracts worth billions as its two competitors declined to protest the Air Force’s T-X trainer aircraft award.Boeing was awarded the advanced pilot trainer contract in late September along with its partner in the competition, Sweden-based Saab. Lockheed Martin [LMT] had teamed up with Korea Aerospace Industries to propose a new variant of the latter’s T-50 jet trainer dubbed the T-50, while Leonardo DRS – the U.S.…

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