Boeing loses tanker service contract to Northrop
Published 2:59 pm Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Air Force picked Northrop Grumman for a $3.8 billion contract to service its fleet of KC-10 tankers.
Rival Boeing had held the contract for more than a decade, Reuters reports.
The contract award was announced today and can be viewed on the Defense Department’s Web site.
Northrop and Boeing also are locked in a battle to win a $35 billion contract with the Air Force to replace its fleet of KC-135 aerial refueling tankers.
