Corporate welfare, the end of competitive bidding, or both?
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Thu Oct 25 07:08:09 PDT 2001
10. Pentagon under pressure to delay or divide Joint Strike Fighter contract
By Brody Mullins, CongressDaily
Supporters of the Boeing Co., bracing for yet another big loss, are
pressuring the Pentagon to delay or divvy up a massive new contract for
next-generation fighter jets to replace the military's existing wing of
warplanes.
Allies of the aerospace giant fear that granting rival Lockheed Martin
Corp. the entire $200 billion joint strike fighter contract would deal a
devastating blow to Boeing, even as its commercial aircraft business
continues to reel from last month's terrorist attacks.
Republican Sen. Christopher (Kit) Bond and Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan,
both of Missouri, back a proposal to force the Pentagon to award the loser
of the fighter jet contract with one- third of the project's manufacturing.
Full story: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1001/102401cdam2.htm
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