(速报)美国加油机选定作废,波音咸鱼翻生?

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我也在YAHOO上看到了报道
波音公司发表声明:欢迎GAO的判决
Boeing wins tanker protest, but drama is far from over
The saga of the Air Force refueling tanker contract is not over by a long shot, though Boeing won a huge victory Wednesday when the Government...

By Dominic Gates

Seattle Times aerospace reporter

The saga of the Air Force refueling tanker contract is not over by a long shot, though Boeing won a huge victory Wednesday when the Government Accountability Office (GAO) comprehensively backed the company's protest of the initial contract award.

Boeing's Everett-built 767, which in February lost the contract award to an Airbus A330 jet that the European planemaker proposed to assemble in Mobile, Ala., is now right back in contention.

The GAO said it found "a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what was a close competition." It recommended that the Air Force re-run the selection process.

Boeing's allies in Congress passionately endorsed the news.

"We are vindicated and we're back in the game," said Sen. Patty Murray, who mounted a campaign of constant speeches on the Senate floor aimed at reversing the February contract award.

Murray had just talked by cell phone to some workers on the 767 production line in Everett."I could hear the excitement in their voices,' she said. "It was great."

The decision is a blow to the joint venture formed by Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent company EADS (European Aeronautic Defence & Space) that won the initial award.

From Boeing's perspective, the ruling could hardly have come out better.

"If Boeing's proposal is ultimately selected for award, the Air Force should terminate the contract awarded to Northrop Grumman," the GAO ruling states. "We also recommended that the Air Force reimburse Boeing the costs of filing and pursuing the protest, including reasonable attorneys' fees."

A GAO summary of its ruling outlined seven major mistakes in the Air Force procurement process that detracted from "full and open competition and fairness."

The GAO said the Air Force

• didn't assess the relative merits of the two contending airplanes in accordance with its stated criteria.

• gave Northrop extra credit for exceeding certain performance parameters, when this was expressly not allowed.

• failed to show that the A330 could refuel all of the Air Force aircraft it needs to service.

• misled Boeing about its failure to meet certain performance parameters, while giving fuller information to Northrop.

• dismissed a Northrop failure to agree to an aircraft maintenance plan as only "an adminstrative oversight" when it was a material requirement.

• made unreasonable estimates of the cost of constructing runways, ramps and hangars needed for the larger Airbus jet, which led to the conclusion that Northrop offered lower total program costs — when in fact Boeing's overall cost was lower.

• inappropriately rejected Boeing's estimate of its non-recurring cost to develop the program, using an "unreasonable" model to increase that cost estimate.

The ruling is a huge boost to Boeing, which would effectively have been out of the air-to-air tanker business if the previous decision had stood.

"We welcome and support today's ruling by the GAO fully supporting the grounds of our protest," Boeing said in a statement. "We look forward to working with the Air Force on next steps in this critical procurement for our warfighters."

Northrop issued only a brief response.

"We respect the GAO's work in analyzing the Air Force's tanker acquisition process. We continue to believe that Northrop Grumman offered the most modern and capable tanker for our men and women in uniform," Northop said. "We will review the GAO findings before commenting further."

And EADS said it hopes that a renewd competition for the U.S. tanker would come out the same way as four recent international competitions. Though previously Italy and Japan both chose the Boeing 767 tanker, more recently Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates all chose an A330 tanker.

"Though we're disappointed, it's important to recognize that the GAO announcement is an evaluation of the selection process, not the merits of the aircraft," said EADS spokesman Guy Hicks. "We remain confident that the Northrop Grumman KC-45 is the aircraft best suited to meet the Air Force's critical mission requirements, as demonstrated by four previous competitive selections."

The Air Force must formally respond to the GAO recommendations within 60 days.

Northrop/EADS and Airbus have already sent out invitations to a groundbreaking ceremony in Mobile for two proposed tanker production plants at the end of this month.

That ceremony may now be put on hold. The competitive threat to Boeing of Airbus building commercial A330 jets as well as tankers in Alabama has for now been pushed out.

Dominic Gates: 206-464-2963 or dgates@seattletimes.com

Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
怎么这么早取消啊,应该等造出来再取消,欧盟卖不出去可以出口到东亚啊。;P ;P ;P
空欢喜,欧洲又被忽悠了!:')
美国不要TG要,总比油轰6和伊尔好
波音的能量不可小视啊.格鲁曼也就在海军里有人脉,混空军还早.
诺格能量是不如波音,可这回是飞水不流外人田,摆明是冲空客的!
强烈要求组织四国联军登陆北美,太不市场经济了。
充分说明麦凯恩竞选班子已经和主要政经集团达成了一致,共和党内关系目前非常巩固
空客将要空欢喜一场了,把那几架试验机送给中国来吧。
记得本坛的hbao,白云居士都说波音会翻盘,不错,预测的不错。佩服。
至于说忽悠欧洲人,恐怕都是我们自己的阴谋论的流毒没有肃清。
看看当年波音兼并麦道,除了要美国政府和国会同意以外,还要欧盟议会同意,这是为什么?如果是俺们,会不会说欧盟议会干涉内政?;P
从来都没相信过空客可能拿到这个单子.:D
最好最好最好只不过是空客与美国国内的公司联合接单,不过看来老美不乐意.:D
原帖由 ryanzhen 于 2008-6-19 09:12 发表
至于说忽悠欧洲人,恐怕都是我们自己的阴谋论的流毒没有肃清。
看看当年波音兼并麦道,除了要美国政府和国会同意以外,还要欧盟议会同意,这是为什么?如果是俺们,会不会说欧盟议会干涉内政?;P

没因为都是跨国公司,埃克森和美孚合并也要欧盟委员会批准的,阿尔卡特收购朗讯算是得了便宜了吧,照样还是要欧盟委员会批,这才叫真正的反垄断
原帖由 老狼正宗 于 2008-6-19 09:39 发表
从来都没相信过空客可能拿到这个单子.:D
最好最好最好只不过是空客与美国国内的公司联合接单,不过看来老美不乐意.:D

KC-45的主承包商是诺思罗普-格鲁门
啥也别说了,就是国家利益至上!
这也能翻盘?波音真够牛的,:L
波音最近军品生意不匝地啊

确实是相当的需要这笔单子
给老美耍了。
不讲究,没这么干的!
老美不要,空客拿来卖给TG好了!!!:P :P ~~~~~~~
现在看来养肥波音比养肥空客那帮白眼狼好啊。再怎么说空客和土鳖的关系想来不错,今年米帝总统换届以后TG差不多又得甩大订单了。
空客估计不会善罢甘休的,虽然失败是注定的。
看来美国佬在学南棒子呀!
楼上说的对,卖到中国来吧,来多少买多少。
同意, 卖到中国来吧. 可以下个大单.
这下把魔可儿老尼和傻可气冠西给忽悠的够呛,看来西藏又要自古就属于tg了。不出十天,这两小儿就会在联合国高调宣布百分之百来天朝参加奥运开幕式:D 并顺便推动欧盟的对华武器禁运解除。:D :$
原帖由 dark_knight 于 2008-6-19 09:40 发表

没因为都是跨国公司,埃克森和美孚合并也要欧盟委员会批准的,阿尔卡特收购朗讯算是得了便宜了吧,照样还是要欧盟委员会批,这才叫真正的反垄断

我知道这个是真正的反垄断。但是你要提到政治高度来看,FQs也可以说这是干涉内政呀;P
原帖由 dark_knight 于 2008-6-19 09:45 发表

KC-45的主承包商是诺思罗普-格鲁门

就是这个意思呀,KC767和KC45全都是美国货,空客连汤都分不到喝.:D
官场腐败,公开招标结果没人买帐,形同虚设,严重的体制问题。
美国人的腐败是有法可易的,连总统花钱都能买到的国家,何谈腐败?
:D 美帝太邪恶了,敢忽悠欧洲不听话小弟,不知道众小弟有什么话说;P
原帖由 matrix2388 于 2008-6-19 13:19 发表
美国人的腐败是有法可易的,连总统花钱都能买到的国家,何谈腐败?

就是说米帝从制度上就已经腐败了么?;P ;P ;P
上天的东西,诺格就老老实实专攻无人机吧……
原帖由 dark_knight 于 2008-6-19 09:44 发表

没因为都是跨国公司,埃克森和美孚合并也要欧盟委员会批准的,阿尔卡特收购朗讯算是得了便宜了吧,照样还是要欧盟委员会批,这才叫真正的反垄断

那南贝尔收购ATT呢?Lucent现在看来还不如并给南贝尔。那就真应了天下大势合久必分,分久必合,分分合合,合合分分了。
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还真翻盘了:L

以前是KC707,现在满天全是KC767了...
原帖由 mxiong 于 2008-6-19 14:12 发表
主要是空军拍板的部长和参谋长都被盖茨撤职了。。。;P


那两个伙计不是因为运核弹部件去台湾辞职的么,难道是借题发挥?