DOD Boots Boeing From FAB-T Program, Gears Up For New Competition (Updated)

By Jason Sherman, Titus Ledbetter III / January 12, 2012 at 10:44 PM
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to provide additional information about a Jan. 11 industry day on the restructured Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program.) The Pentagon is dumping prime contractor Boeing from the troubled Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program and inviting other contractors to develop the system. The $4.6 billion Air Force project, which since 2002 has suffered from significant cost growth and schedule delays, is focused on the development of terminals designed...

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