Boeing Co is “strongly considering” not bidding on the upcoming competition for a $35 billion U.S. Air Force refueling tanker contract, Aviation Week, the aerospace industry magazine, reported on Monday, without identifying its sources.
Boeing officials are “strongly considering the option of not submitting a proposal,” according to the report on the magazine’s website, citing multiple sources familiar with Boeing’s internal discussions. Boeing has not commented on the report.
The Pentagon last week reopened the tanker contract contest with a draft version of its requirements. Northrop Grumman and European partner EADS won the contest in February, but government auditors subsequently found errors in the way the competition was run.
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