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Old 23rd Sep 2016, 17:37
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Originally Posted by Ian W
Yes look at it.
B won that by cutting the price to a level that couldn't be matched by AB and by assuming all the program risk, if it slips B pays.
That's simply not what happened.

AB won the contract, Boeing cried, got the process thrown out, then the specifications changed, etc etc.

AB then realised there was no point in wasting yet more time and money by re-bidding.

Look, I have no issue with the US wanting to keep stuff like this in-house so to speak, but to pretend it's an open process, all above board etc is laughable, this has to be the biggest subsidy of domestic manufacturing there is, and to pretend otherwise is just laughable.
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