Opinion: Boeing Best for AF Tanker Contract

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on July 13, 2009 1:10 PM | | Comments (0) |

I'm sure Northrop would take issue with this opinion.

Boeing is the best company to build the Air Force tanker

(Seattle Times) TENS of thousands of good-paying jobs in the United States, many of them in Washington's aerospace industry, are riding on the outcome of a Pentagon decision.

The issue is which aircraft will be chosen to serve as the military's new refueling tanker. It's a huge contract -- $35 billion for about 180 planes.

Read more on the aerial refueling tanker.

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