The Air Force will have to pay three contractors that were cheated out of a fair competition in 2001 for the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program when former Air Force acquisition official Darleen Druyun gave the contract to Boeing, per a new Government Accountability Office ruling. Rebecca Christie of Dow Jones Newswires reports that the GAO rejected USAF’s claim that the three companies—Lockheed Martin, L3 Communications, and BAE Systems—already had received adequate compensation. GAO originally ruled in favor of the three contractors in 2005.
Boeing Claims Progress on T-7 and Other Challenged Programs
April 25, 2025
Boeing appears to have become to overcome the problems that led to billions in losses on fixed-price defense contracts in recent years, point the company back toward profitabily, says Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.