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Seattle Times
February 28, 2008
The U.S. Air Force's top weapons buyer said Wednesday that she expects the winner of a potential $40 billion refueling-aircraft contract will be announced after U.S. markets close Friday, Reuters reported.
"That's my best bet for now," Sue Payton, assistant secretary for acquisition, told the news service Wednesday after a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on the Air Force 2009 budget request.
The Air Force passed its tanker-contract recommendation Monday to the Pentagon's Defense Acquisition Board.
Boeing is competing with a joint venture of Northrop-Grumman and Airbus' European parent, EADS, for the job of building 179 tankers to replace part of the Air Force's Eisenhower-era KC-135 fleet.
February 28, 2008
The U.S. Air Force's top weapons buyer said Wednesday that she expects the winner of a potential $40 billion refueling-aircraft contract will be announced after U.S. markets close Friday, Reuters reported.
"That's my best bet for now," Sue Payton, assistant secretary for acquisition, told the news service Wednesday after a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on the Air Force 2009 budget request.
The Air Force passed its tanker-contract recommendation Monday to the Pentagon's Defense Acquisition Board.
Boeing is competing with a joint venture of Northrop-Grumman and Airbus' European parent, EADS, for the job of building 179 tankers to replace part of the Air Force's Eisenhower-era KC-135 fleet.