Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

SMITH, Chief Judge.

This contract dispute, presently before the court on three of plaintiff’s motions, has a long procedural history spanning almost a generation. It is a complex story involving the major issues and problems confronting national defense procurement. At issue are important rights to procedural due process. Public policy questions going to the very heart of an efficient and fair government procurement system provide the background for this conflict. While it is certainly not the role of any court to ensure that our Nation has an adequate and affordable national defense,…