The Government Accountability Office auditors have rejected the bomber protest filed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The protest disputed the GAO’s award of the bomber contract to defense contractor Northrop Grumman. The Office stated that it has reviewed the original bomber bids, and did not see any reason to overturn the contract. The contracts value is classified, but is estimated to be worth $21.4 billion for the first 21 bombers. The new long range strike bomber is targeted to replace the aging fleet of US B-2 and B-52 bombers.
