Senator: Don't Split AF Tanker Contract

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on July 10, 2009 4:07 PM | | Comments (3) |

This has gone back and forth so much I'm getty dizzy.


Boeing-Northrop Split of Tanker Contract Now Opposed by Inouye


(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said he now opposes directing the Pentagon to split its purchase of aerial refueling tankers between Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.

Inouye's panel is one of two that appropriate money for defense, and his decision signals an end to congressional debate over how to proceed with the often-delayed Air Force program, worth as much as $35 billion over at least 10 years, to replace a fleet of tankers that has been in use since 1956.

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By deh on July 10, 2009 6:17 PM

GOOD CALL!!!!!!

By Robert on July 11, 2009 9:19 AM

Sen Inouye drools on himself in committee meetings but now suddenly is a systems acquisitions expert. Senator, I know you're a war hero and all (thanks for that), but leave the DoD to make its own business decisions. Obviously the right lobbyist said the right thing in someone's ear...

By RAY HOFER on July 28, 2009 10:55 PM

Go with Northrop or split it. Boeing already blew their chance.

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