Northrop Grumman est aussi choqu\u00e9 que Boeing est furieux, dans l’affaire du programme KC-45<\/a> o\u00f9 le premier, comme contractant US de EADS, a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi aux d\u00e9pens du second. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis le choix de l’USAF et les remous que ce choix a provoqu\u00e9, le patron de Northrop Grumman, Ronald Sugar, s’est exprim\u00e9, essentiellement pour attaquer un projet des partisans de Boeing qui conduirait \u00e0 une application r\u00e9troactive d’une loi modifi\u00e9e pour l’occasion, pour pouvoir mettre en cause le contrat avec Northrop Grumman\/EADS Ces d\u00e9clarations sont faites au site Government Executive<\/em> le 13 mars<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abNorthrop Grumman Corp.’s top executive warned Thursday that any congressional effort to undo the Air Force decision to give his firm and the European parent company of Airbus a contract for aerial refueling tankers would have long-term implications for the Pentagon and the defense industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbIn his first extended interview about the contract since its announcement Feb. 29, Chief Executive Officer Ronald Sugar said lawmakers should resist efforts to revise acquisition laws and apply them retroactively to skew the tanker contract in favor of Boeing Co., the losing bidder.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe idea of having a congressional pre-emption of regular order and process would set a very, very damaging precedent for procurement, Sugar said. It would fundamentally undermine the integrity of the entire procurement process and that’s much more important than who wins a contract. Sugar, whose company is the third largest U.S. defense firm, said congressional actions to overturn or scrap the contract would inject uncertainty into future Pentagon contract awards.What does a general or an admiral … do on the next competition? he said. How does he perform a competition where he thinks he’s following the rules, yet he’s looking over his shoulder?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbOn Tuesday, Boeing filed a formal appeal with GAO, which has 100 days to review the Air Force’s decision. Let the process play out, Sugar said. I would hope the Congress would not make laws in parallel with that.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbBoeing’s supporters are weighing legislative options for overturning the contract to build 179 tankers, worth as much as $40 billion. Some possibilities include strengthening Buy America’ laws and revising acquisition regulations to require the military to consider the impact on the U.S. industrial base when awarding a contract. It’s like the Patriots versus the Giants and the outcome didn’t come out in favor of the highly favored, and, therefore, what we should really do is to change the rules after the game, Sugar said. That’s not American; that’s not the American way.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLe projet des partisans de Boeing est effectivement peu ordinaire. Il appara\u00eet tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieux, contrairement \u00e0 ce que certains pourraient \u00eatre tent\u00e9s de croire, et mesure la passion qui entoure l’affaire du contrat du programme KC-45. Les chances d’adoption de telles dispositions d’une modification r\u00e9troactive de la loi sont plus grandes qu’on croirait au regard du caract\u00e8re juridiquement tr\u00e8s d\u00e9stabilisant de la d\u00e9marche. La situation qui en r\u00e9sulterait serait assez proche de la description apocalyptique qu’en fait Sugar. De telles dispositions, c’est-\u00e0-dire la jurisprudence de l’application r\u00e9troactive d’une loi modifi\u00e9e pour que cette r\u00e9troactivit\u00e9 rende ill\u00e9gale la disposition vis\u00e9e repr\u00e9sente un remarquable pas en arri\u00e8re des conceptions juridiques fondamentales. Le plus \u00e9tonnant est qu’un tel projet ait pu \u00eatre \u00e9labor\u00e9, qu’il soit envisag\u00e9 s\u00e9rieusement sans soulever de remous particulier, ou bien non, plus qu’\u00e9tonnant, ne pourrait-on dire que c’est significatif dans le climat actuel \u00e0 Washington? Dans tous les cas, Sugar a raison: ce serait tout le processus d’acquisition des armements qui serait potentiellement paralys\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 14 mars 2008 \u00e0 20H43<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northrop Grumman est aussi choqu\u00e9 que Boeing est furieux, dans l’affaire du programme KC-45 o\u00f9 le premier, comme contractant US de EADS, a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi aux d\u00e9pens du second. 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