Boeing Tanker Deal Faces Inquiry
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Description: The Pentagon has launched a formal investigation to determine whether a former Air Force official tipped company to bid of rival Airbus.
Boeing tanker deal faces inquiry - seattlepi.com Quick links to other pages on this site Boeing tanker deal faces inquiry Air Force official may have tipped company to bid of rival Airbus By CHARLES POPE, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
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| Description: | The Pentagon has launched a formal investigation to determine whether a former Air Force official broke the law by passing information to The Boeing Co. about a rival's bid for a $21 billion contract to lease aerial tankers. Air Force Secretary James Roche confirmed that the Pentagon's inspector general is conducting a formal investigation into the actions of Darleen Druyun, who as deputy assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition and management was a central figure in Boeing's successful effort to win the contract. Druyun retired from the Air Force in late 2002 and now works for Boeing as a senior official in the company's missile defense systems. Boeing denied that any violation occurred, pointing out that pricing information on planes is widely available and that the timing of Druyun's information came after Boeing's tanker bid had been selected by the Air Force. The Air Force canceled more than $1 billion in contracts with Boeing to launch rockets after it was determined that the company improperly obtained thousands of sensitive documents belonging to rival Lockheed Martin. Confirmation of the investigation came one day before a Senate committee plans to consider the lease that the Air Force says is essential to maintaining the nation's war-fighting capability, but which critics say is little more than a bailout to Boeing. |
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