War of words escalates over Air Force tanker contract
Published: Wed Mar 19th, 2008Source: www.stltoday.com
The fight for the right to build $40 billion worth of Air Force aerial refueling tankers escalated once more Tuesday.Boeing Co. issued a 22-page summary of its complaints over losing the high-profile contract, leading with the argument that the Air Force tweaked requirements for the tanker to help Boeing's rival stay in the competition.
That rival — the team of Northrop Grumman and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. — won the job last month, and Tuesday a Northrop exec said Boeing's complaining now, instead of at the time of the changes, is "a little ridiculous."
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