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This could be serious. Will this latest tanker contest result in yet another reversal?

Northrop: Boeing has 'unfair' edge in tanker deal

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has given Boeing Co. an "unfair" advantage in the latest competition for a troubled $35 billion tanker contract, a Northrop Grumman Corp. executive said Tuesday.

The Pentagon shared Northrop's pricing data from its previous bid with Chicago-based Boeing, but did not reveal Boeing's cost estimates to Northrop.

"It is fundamentally unfair, and distorts any new competition, to provide such critical information to only one of the bidders," Paul Meyer, a Northrop Grumman vice president, said in a statement. "The company will continue to work with its customer to fully resolve this issue."

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This tanker contest will be the most talked-about aerospace contract for the next year or so.

EADS, Northrop May Have To Tweak Tanker Bid

PARIS (Dow Jones)--European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co NV (EAD.FR) and its U.S. partner, Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC), may have to revise their proposal for a U.S. military airborne refuelling tanker to take into account new technical requirements from the Pentagon, EADS' chief executive officer said Monday.

EADS and Northrop Grumman have teamed up to try to win a $40 billion contract to supply 179 airborne refuelling tankers against U.S. rival Boeing Co (BA). The Pentagon issued a new request for proposals for a plane, provisionally dubbed the KC-X, to replace its ageing fleet of KC-135 tankers.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of an event, Louis Gallois said the new requirements involve the mission systems capability of the aircraft that will win the contest some time next year.

Offering two different planes provides added flexibility because of the varied missions the tanker would go on. But wouldn't that increase the cost since two aircraft would have to be modified instead of just one?

Boeing may offer US Air Force two tankers

(Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) said it might offer a choice of its aircraft against a rival Airbus model in a renewed trans-Atlantic tussle to build a multibillion-dollar refueling fleet for the U.S. Air Force.

The Chicago-based aerospace giant said on Friday it was deciding whether to stick with its modified 767 tanker, which lost a previous, canceled competition to an Airbus A330 model, or go with a larger 777-based tanker -- or offer both.

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Get ready for a massive PR war between Boeing and Northrop over the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker contract.

Boeing launches tanker Web site

(LA Biz Journal) The Boeing Co. has launched a new Web site dedicated to its efforts to win the U.S. Air Forces' refueling tanker contract.

The aircraft manufacturer announced the new site, www.UnitedStatesTanker.com, Monday at the Air Force Association's 2009 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition outside Washington, D.C.

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Boeing is going with a bigger plane to match Northrop's previously winning bid for the $35 billion Air Force tanker contract.

Boeing Plans Aerial Refueling Tanker Bid Based on 767 or 777

(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. plans to offer either the 767 or larger 777 model in the Air Force refueling tanker competition, the planemaker's executives said.

The company said its entry will depend on whether the U.S. Air Force wants a larger capacity aircraft, Rick Lemaster, the company's head of tanker ocmpetition, said today in a briefing.

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