Boeing’s protest become effective which make the contacts of 35 billion dollars re-bid

-- June 18,Chicago, Xinhua News Agency (Reporter, Han Wanning) The protest of Boeing company against the results of the U.S. Air Force tanker bid finally receives response after waiting for more than three months. The U.S. Government Accountability Office announce on 18th that they support the protest of Boeing company against the results of the U.S. Air Force tanker bid of 35 billion U.S. dollars and recommend the Air Force to reconsider the bid results.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a statement that, the Air Force in the process of 179 new aerial refueling tanker bidding which it had involved itself has not evaluate the comparative advantages of the tender in accordance with the scheduled evaluation criteria and there are misleading and unfair treatment in the process to access Boeing. In addition, there are many mistakes in the calculation of the life-cycle costs of the models provided by the tenders and the life-cycle costs of the models provided by Boeing is lower than its competitors Northrop - Gelug Cayman company after correcting this error.

U.S. Air Force announced on February 29 this year that the Airbus Company European Air Group and its partners Northrop - Grumman awarded the U.S. Air Force updating tanker project of 35 billion dollars. Boeing Company formally lodged a protest against the American Government Accountability Office and requested a re-examination of bid results for the procedures failing to bid fair grounds on March 11.

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