As GAO weighs protest, Northrop and Boeing-Lockheed team continue to feud over bomber

By Courtney Albon / December 21, 2015 at 1:45 PM
As the Government Accountability Office measures the merits of the Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber competition, the rival teams continue to battle publicly over the highly sought program. The ongoing tensions are an illustration of just how important this program -- which some analysts value at $100 billion through development and production -- is to both Northrop Grumman, which won the contract in late October, and the unsuccessful Boeing-Lockheed Martin team. Prime contractors are facing a limited slate of new...

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