Northrop Grumman And EADS Keep Pressure On

Northrop Grumman and EADS continue their preparation of the battlefield by criticizing the draft RFP put out by the U.S. Air Force a month ago. They believe that by focusing on cost as the prime discriminator in the award that it is biased against their possible proposal. In The Miami Herald article here there representative described the situation: “This is tantamount to a cost shootout that accelerates the race to the bottom,”. They have already received support for this view from some in Congress.

See this to continue on until the contract is awarded.