Phil Fraering wrote:

Brian Thorn writes:

Since Boeing ended up being a bunch of crooks who stole the EELV
competition from Lockheed, the Air Force bending the rules for Atlas V
can be overlooked.

So in short, you believe Lockheed should be allowed to cheat, but
Boeing shouldn't.

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Phil Fraering
http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com

Does this mean you don't know the difference between outright
fraud (stealing documents) and the Air Force not enforcing one
of their procurement rules?

Tell me just where you believe Lockheed-Martin cheated?

I feel reasonably sure Lockheed-Martin would not mind using
U.S. built engines as long as the Air Force was willing to pay
for them. Lock-Mart really wouldn't get a great deal of that
money, most of it would go to Pratt & Whitney to produce
the U.S. version of the engine.

At least according to what I read about the original plan.

Mike Walsh