Pressure to Rebid Aerial Tanker Deal
There's so much politics involved in this tanker issue that I don't know how the Air Force can keep such considerations out of the decision-making process.
Boeing's allies on tanker: Hurry up, Pentagon(P-I) WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is facing an Aug. 17 deadline to respond to a blistering report from government investigators that the Air Force made "significant errors" in tapping a team of Northrop Grumman and EADS to build a fleet of refueling tankers instead of awarding the $35 billion contract to The Boeing Co.
But Boeing's powerful advocates in Congress are urging the Air Force to act quickly and announce whether it will reopen bidding on the contract, which was awarded in February to Los Angeles-based Northrop and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., the parent of Airbus.
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