By Tiffany Craig Investigative Reporter
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Published: Thu, February 28, 2008 - 6:50 pm
Last Updated: Thu, February 28, 2008 - 6:58 pm
Tiffany Craig
Northrop Grumman and EADS have teamed up to compete against Boeing for the 40 billion dollar project.
If the Northrop team wins, the tankers will be manufactured at Brookley Field. The win would bring more than 1-thousand jobs and big bucks to the Port City.
A report released from the Reuters news service today claims that the Air Force made a change in its contest criteria a few weeks ago. According to the report, that change resulted in a lower score for Northrop. Reuters also says that it wasn't immediately clear if Boeing's score changed as well.
If you'd like to take a look back at the contest, click on the story on the right of your screen.
Otherwise, you can learn much more about the tanker contest by going to the section on this website called Mobile's Makeover
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I think both companies have manufacturing plants in foreign countries that would be necessary for the assembly in this country of the final product.I also hope they took into consideration the scam and scandal involving BOEING and the AIR FORCE’s officer in the past purchasing of planes.For the people of this area,this should show how good we are represented in the senate and congress.