In harsh language that puts the Air Force on the defensive, congressional investigators said Wednesday that Boeing Co. should get a second chance to win a fiercely contested $40 billion aerial tanker program.
The contract was awarded last February to a partnership of Northrop Grumman and EADS, a European aerospace company and parent of Airbus, Boeing's archrival.
Political allies of Boeing and East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney, which would provide engines for Boeing's plane, immediately hailed the Government Accountability Office's nonbinding recommendations and made clear they will pressure the Air Force to follow them.
"It's a do-over for the Air Force," U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, said in a statement issued jointly by the state's four Democratic House members.
This is great news!
1) We shouldn't be outsourcing our military technology.
2) This means the creation of 1000's of jobs, even just here in CT through the Pratt&Whitney plant.
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