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: Click [...]
Northrop Grumman Ends Bid for Tanker Contract
March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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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. Below is the text of [...]
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Northrop Grumman Attempts to Set Record Straight
March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Northrop Grumman issued a news release this morning in an attempt to “set the record straight” concerning what the company calls “the U.S. Air Force KC-45A misinformation.” What the defense contractor conveniently overlooked in its effort to “spin” the news is the point I raised in a March 1 post, Medal of Honor Recipient Right [...]
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Medal of Honor Recipient Right on Boeing Snub
March 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments
Yesterday, the Pentagon announced it has chosen a bid from Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which is based in France, instead of the KC-767 Advanced Tanker from Boeing, which is based in Chicago. One man, Hershel “Woody” Williams, thinks it was a terrible decision, and I agree. Williams, West Virginia’s [...]
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