Aircraft
Boeing Files Protest against LRS-B Award
A joint statement with Lockheed Martin alleges “fundamental flaws” in the selection process.
The Boeing/Lockheed Martin team has not released an image of its LRS-B proposal, but this was Boeing’s concept for the apparently larger predecessor project, the Next Generation Bomber. (Photo: Boeing)
The Boeing/Lockheed Martin team has not released an image of its LRS-B proposal, but this was Boeing’s concept for the apparently larger predecessor project, the Next Generation Bomber. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing and Lockheed Martin (LM) described the selection process for the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) as “fundamentally flawed” and a protest was filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). It comes a week after the U.S. Air Force debriefed the two companies on their failure to win the competition. Northrop Grumman (NG) was announced the winner of the mostly classified contest on October 27.