WASHINGTON — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz says two people have been fired from the service’s aerial refueling tanker program after confidential information was mistakenly sent to competing contractors.
The document mix-up was the latest flub in the troubled program. The Air Force has tried since 2003 to replace it’s Eisenhower-era fleet of refueling tankers.
Schwartz told reporters on Tuesday that competing contractors Boeing Co. and EADS had received a one-page efficiency analysis of the other’s proposal, but that the information did not include proprietary or pricing data.
Schwartz called the mistake a “profound disappointment” but said it didn’t give either company an advantage.