The Government Accountability Office last week denied legal motions from the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman to dismiss some of Boeing's claims in its protest of the KC-X award. This will allow for a full review of the USAF decision to give a $35-billion contract to an Airbus platform for its future refueling tanker over a Boeing 767 design. The award was announced Feb. 29, and Boeing's protest was filed Mar. 11, followed by four supplemental filings. With Boeing's lawyers in the discovery phase-reviewing USAF and Northrop Grumman documents on the program-Mark McGraw, Boeing's tanker vice president, says he's "very encouraged" that the company's protest claims are accurate.
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