image credit: sxc.hu airplane wing stock photo
Both Northrop Grumman Corp. and Boeing Co. are gearing up for another competition for the U.S Air Force tanker for this coming year. This time the top executives from each of these companies are setting rules for the new contest to prevent any inequality.
Boeing is trying for a “price shootout” to offer a cost-competitive option to the bidding, but Northrop of Mobile AL will be using the same technique they held to in the first competition, a best value approach. Northrop’s Mobile location won the bid for the tanker contract this year, but due to Boeing’s urging to look more critically at the decision-making process, the decision was withdrawn for another competition.
But Northrop executives are confident that they have a ‘superior plane’ and ultimately a better price. If Northrop can pull it off a second time Mobile will see the creation of more than a thousand jobs locally and thousands more over the region.
For information on Mobile or West Mobile AL real estate contact your local realtor Barbara Reeves via email or by clicking on the “Talk Now” feature of this page.
Contributed by Barbara ReevesSearch ALL Available Gulf Coast Properties
Contact Barbara Reeves
2 Trackbacks
[...] the U.S. Air Force tanker contract still open to one of several companies, the new boss at EADS North America is looking to make [...]
[...] will be using the same technique they held to in the first competition, a b See the original post: Northrop and Boeing Look Forward to the New Tanker Competition Next Year var [...]