Legal Opinion
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided May 3, 2007No. 91-1204CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
HODGES, Judge.
The United States contracted with McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics to design and build stealth aircraft for the Navy, then abruptly terminated the contractors for default. The contractors sued to convert the default to termination for convenience of the Government. The A-12 contract was technically complex, as might be expected of a major new weapons system, and the parties anticipated many years of development. The projected cost exceeded $4 billion in the initial stages. The purpose of the Full-Scale Engineering and Development (or FSED) contract was to…
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