Boeing Protest Outlines Air Force KC-X Selection Grades (Updated)

By Marcus Weisgerber / March 18, 2008 at 5:00 AM
A redacted version of Boeing's official protest filed with government auditors over the Air Force's selection of a competitor in the KC-X next-generation tanker competition lays out what the company contends is the closeness of the competition. Charts appearing in the summary of the protest -- which the defense giant shipped off to the Government Accountability Office for review last week -- shows the Boeing KC-767 and its competitor -- the KC-30, built by a Northrop Grumman-EADS team -- scoring...

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