The Defense Department announced this week their recent decision to cancel the current tanker contract competition for now and allow the next administration to take it over. The Pentagon will be holding another competition next year for the same $35 billion contract which would involve the construction of new refueling tankers for the US Air Force.
Although Northrop Grumman’s Mobile Alabama location won the initial competition, Boeing claimed unfair treatment and requested that a new competition be held; though a new competition was granted, it will now be postponed until next year. Both Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman released a statement on the canceling of the current competition, with Northrop Grumman presenting concern about the delay in helping the U.S. Air Force with these new refueling tankers.
Read more about reactions to the Defense Department’s decision at wkrg.com.
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