Originally Posted by
TBM-Legend
It appears to me that Northrop Grumman has the contract you said they were eliminated from:
Not doubting they are doing it TBM. I know for a fact (not rumour) that they did not win the tender that was run for the managing contractor and two other companies were shortlisted.
They also did not win a tender for the six year period mentioned in your post, so assume there was some provision in the current contract for an extension .
What is certain though is that there was no competitive tender for the supply of aircraft which probably cost circa $150M. Whether they got the right aircraft is certainly open for debate. That there was no tender for supply of aircraft is not.