(This story was updated at 2:45 p.m. with new information from GAO, Boeing, Northrop, and the Air Force.) The Government Accountability Office did not consider a recent disclosure of a potential conflict of interest in the Air Force's decision to award the lucrative Long-Range Strike Bomber contract to Northrop Grumman as part of its decision to deny Boeing's protest of the award. The service announced last week that Richard Lombardi, who served as principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition...
