Northrop Might Not Bid On Pentagon's Tanker Contract

From The Wall Street Journal:

Northrop Grumman Corp. has told the Defense Department that it may not bid on a $40 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract, raising the prospect of Boeing Co. becoming the sole bidder on the Pentagon's most politically charged weapons program.

Northrop President and Chief Operating Officer Wes Bush wrote in a Dec. 1 letter to the Pentagon's top weapons buyer that unless major changes were made to how the Air Force was going to select a winner, "Northrop Grumman cannot proceed to submit a bid" to the Defense Department.

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