Northrop Grumman Corporation anali yekhayo wotsatsa dzulo pa mgwirizano waukulu wankhondo wa $ 85 biliyoni, pambuyo pake Boeing adalengeza kuti sitenga nawo gawo mu pulogalamu ya Pentagon yolowa m'malo mwa okalamba Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
"Boeing adakhumudwitsidwa kuti sitinathe kupereka," a Elizabeth Silva, wolankhulira kampaniyo, adatero m'mawu ake. "Boeing ikupitilizabe kuthandizira kusintha kwa njira zogulira zomwe zingabweretse malonda abwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndikuwonetsa phindu kwa okhometsa misonkho aku America."
Gulu lankhondo la US Air Force lidati lidangolandira gawo limodzi lokha, ndikugogomezera kuti lipitiliza "kukambirana mwaukali komanso kothandiza," malinga ndi Bloomberg, potchulapo mneneri wa Air Force Cara Bousie.
Kulengeza kwa Boeing sikunadabwitse, monga mu Julayi chimphona chamlengalenga chinawonetsa kuti chikhoza kuchoka pampikisano wa mgwirizano chifukwa chosowa "malo ochitira mpikisano wachilungamo," komanso kulephera kwa Air Force kusintha njira yake yogulira. Kampaniyo idanenanso kuti Northrop yochokera ku Virginia idapeza wopanga ma rocket olimba a Orbital ATK, omwe tsopano amadziwika kuti Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, zomwe zidamupatsa mwayi.
Orbital ATK ndi m'modzi mwa opanga awiri aku US omwe amapanga ma rocket motors ofunikira kuti apange mphamvu ya ICBM, kuphatikiza Minuteman III. Pakadali pano, wopanga wina, Aerojet Rocketdyne, alinso pagulu la ogulitsa la Northrop.
Boeing ankafunanso kuti apereke mgwirizano ndi Northrop, koma womalizayo anakana pempholi ndipo sanaphatikizepo mdani wake pamndandanda wa ma subkontrakta ake akuluakulu a pulogalamu ya Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD).
Dongosolo la missile la Minuteman III, lomwe linayamba kugwira ntchito m'ma 1970, ndi imodzi mwa mitsinje yankhondo yaku US yoletsa zida za nyukiliya. US pakadali pano ikusintha zida zake zanyukiliya, ndipo ikuyembekezeka kuwononga ndalama zoposa $ 1.2 thililiyoni pazaka makumi atatu zikubwerazi.
