Daily Breeze: Tanker Rebid Good for South Bay
Here's the Daily Breeze's official opinion on the recent announcement of a rebid for the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker:
Quick resolution would benefit the regional economy.Pentagon officials last week provided a welcome and hopefully workable response to the controversy over a disputed military air tanker contract that promises thousands of new jobs for Los Angeles County.
The Air Force had awarded the $35billion contract to the team of Northrop Grumman Corp. and its partner, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., the parent company of Airbus. But Boeing Co. protested the way the contract was awarded, and last month the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office affirmed Boeing's concerns.
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