New GAO document sheds light on Compass Call protest ruling

By Rachel Cohen / September 8, 2017 at 7:00 AM
The Government Accountability Office this week released an unclassified explanation of its decision to scrap protests filed by Boeing and Bombardier that contested the Air Force's decision to let L3 Technologies choose the next Compass Call platform, among other aspects of the service's effort to re-host the system onto another aircraft. GAO partially dismissed and partially denied the protests, which were filed separately in the spring but combined in the decision released Sept. 6. The congressional watchdog notes Boeing and...

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