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Northrop Grumman Ends Bid for Tanker Contract

March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

After publishing 13 posts during the past two years about the battle over the contract to produce new inflight refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, today I’m pleased to report good good news in the form of a statement from Wes Bush, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation [Editor's Note: [...]

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Tanker Contract Must Be National Security Priority

May 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Under the headline, U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet showing its age, writer Molly McMillin of the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle shared a story Sunday about the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers and the $35 billion contract battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman that has immense national security implications.
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Air Force Tanker Competition Begins Anew

July 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It appears that public pressure — including eight BMW posts — did some good as the U.S. Defense Department has decided to reopen the KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition.

The decision comes four months after the Pentagon’s original awarding of a $35 [...]

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Blogger Agrees with Union on Air Force Tanker

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s not often that this blogger agrees with labor union officials, but today I find myself in agreement with the International Association of Machinists on the matter of the Pentagon’s questionable awarding of a contract to to Northrop Grumman/EADS Airbus for delivery of the Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling aircraft.
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Military Leaders Call for Review of Tanker Deal

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Since the Pentagon announced Feb. 29 that it had selected the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, based in France, as the primary recipient of a contract to build new Air Force tanker aircraft, I’ve vented my frustration in the form of a half-dozen pieces published here. Today, I offer another update in [...]

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