Landing the KC-30: Tanker Decision Expected Today

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Published: Mon, February 25, 2008 - 9:57 am
Last Updated: Fri, February 29, 2008 - 6:10 pm
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The Air Force as early as today is expected
to announce the winner of a major Pentagon contract to build a new
tanker refueling aircraft. Aerospace manufacturers Northrop Grumman
and Boeing are vying for the $40 billion deal.
Northrop Grumman has partnered with European Aeronautic Defense
and Space Company and said it would assemble its aerial tanker at a
plant in Mobile.
The Air Force wants 179 new planes to replace the aging KC-135
Stratotankers which have been in service for more than 50 years.


(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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