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June 16, 2008

 
 

Boeing vs. Northrop: How will tanker battle end? Vote now!


Posted at 7:26 am by Michelle Dunlop

With a decision expected next week from government regulators on a controversial Air Force tanker contract, several news items surfaced recently that could complicate the already messy fight between the Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman.

* The Secretary of Defense ousted two of the Air Force’s top officials.

* Boeing and Northrop agree that the Air Force erred in the way it calculated the cost of Boeing’s tanker.

* Boeing supporters in Congress upped their rhetoric, with Rep. Norm Dicks saying he wants Congress involved regardless of the GAO decision.

* Lastly, a Bloomberg story suggests this whole fiasco may just end up in court.

With all that said, how do you think this turns out?


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