House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) is concerned the Air Force's $85 billion nuclear missile replacement will likely proceed with Northrop Grumman absent any competition, though he said he offered to help Boeing address its concerns about the program after the company announced it would not bid. "The problem is Boeing wasn't open to it," he said today at a Ploughshares Fund conference in Washington. Smith said he was alerted to Boeing's concerns while the fiscal year 2020...
