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WASHINGTON \u2014 Boeing declined to bid on the U.S. Air Force\u2019s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program<\/a> by the deadline of Dec. 13, leaving Northrop Grumman as the de facto winner of the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At play is an $85 billion award to design the Air Force\u2019s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missiles, which will replace the Minuteman III. Northrop and Boeing each were awarded contracts in 2017<\/a> for the technology-maturation and risk-reduction phase of the program \u2014 meaning Boeing\u2019s departure leaves the Air Force with only Northrop as an active bidder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoeing is disappointed we were unable to submit a bid to the GBSD solicitation,\u201d the company wrote in a statement. \u201cWe have been proud and honored to contribute to the ICBM mission for more than 60 years. Boeing continues to support a change in acquisition strategy that would bring the best of industry to this national priority and demonstrate value for the American taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the Air Force confirmed that it had received only one proposal. A spokesman for Northrop Grumman confirmed the company had bid on the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo date, the competitive Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase has provided the DoD with an unprecedented amount of technical and cost knowledge,\u201d wrote Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Cara Bousie in a statement. \u201cThe Air Force will proceed with an aggressive and effective sole-source negotiation. We remain on track for a contract award in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing\u2019s no-bid on the competition was not surprising. The company announced in July that it would not bid on GBSD unless the Air Force made changes to its acquisition strategy. Specifically, Boeing claimed that Northrop\u2019s purchase of one of the only two U.S. solid-fuel rocket motor manufacturers \u2014 Orbital ATK, now known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems \u2014 gave the company an unfair advantage in terms of being able to offer the lowest-cost system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It called on the Air Force to level the playing field. \u201cWe lack confidence in the fairness of any procurement that does not correct this basic imbalance between competitors,\u201d Boeing Defense and Security head Leanne Caret stated in a July 23 letter, adding that the current acquisition strategy gave Northrop \u201cinherently unfair cost, resource and integration advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing then pushed the Air Force to mandate a joint bid with Northrop<\/a>. Ultimately, the Air Force declined to intervene, and Northrop chose its own industry team, which did not include Boeing as a supplier<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in October, the Air Force stopped funding Boeing\u2019s technology maturation and risk reduciton contract.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a news conference at the Dubai Airshow in November, Caret told reporters<\/a> she was still hopeful the Air Force would modify its acquisition plan, though she acknowledged that the service showed no signs of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve continued to make certain that we\u2019ve provided opportunities that if they would make those changes, [they] would allow us to bid. It is my deepest hope that we see those changes made because there is nothing more that I would like than to be able to bid on this program,\u201d Caret said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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