Boeing confirms it won't bid for GBSD program 'as structured'

By Courtney Albon, Sara Sirota / July 24, 2019 at 10:10 PM
Boeing has informed the Air Force it will not submit a bid for the service's intercontinental ballistic missile replacement program under the current acquisition strategy, a development that could narrow the competitive field to one company and hinder the Air Force's efforts to contain costs on the multibillion-dollar program. The company communicated its plans not to bid for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program in two letters -- dated July 8 and July 23 -- addressed to service acquisition chief...

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