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August 14, 2008

 
 

Northrop: Air Force values 'getting more' tanker for its money


Posted at 1:02 pm by Michelle Dunlop

Northrop Grumman’s CEO Ron Sugar sounds confident about his company’s chances of winning a $35 billion tanker contest with the Boeing Co. in this Reuters report.

Representatives of the Los Angeles-based defense contractor met earlier this week with Pentagon officials to discussed revised specifications for the tanker bid.

“They revalidated the requirements for the tankers. We don't see a change in that," Sugar said, adding that Northrop had never doubted that "the Pentagon would value getting more for their money, more capability, for a comparable price."


Northrop, and its partner EADS, initially won the contract with their larger, KC-30, beating out Boeing and its KC-767. Government auditors found flaws in the Air Force’s evaluation process and urged the Pentagon to start over. The Defense Department is expected to release shortly its final request for proposal for the rebid.

Boeing supporters have accused the Pentagon of merely changing its latest request for proposal to meet its initial pick of the larger tanker.
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