Currently browsing entries tagged Northrop Grumman Corp.
August 22, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
· Filed under Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
After meeting with DoD and the US Air Force to discuss the new tanker RFP due to the GAO upholding their protest, Boeing is now saying that without significantly more time to prepare a proposal they may have to drop out. The new schedule is for the Boeing and Northrop Grumman teams [...]
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April 15, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
· Filed under Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Federal Budget Process, GAO, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, development program, logistics
According to The Hill Boeing is using its lobbyists to push Members of Congress to receive a briefing from the CIA on “foreign companies” using questionable means in their attempts to win contracts. See the article here. Of note the only two Congressman to talk on the record about this were Tiahart from [...]
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March 1, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
· Filed under Contract Awards, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force
According to Northrop CEO, Ronald Sugar, the KC-X award is highly significant for Northrop:
“This is a big deal and in some ways it could be considered a game-changer,” Sugar said. “This is a major systems- integration job.”
He also compared it’s importance to Northrop’s winning of the 1980s B-2 contract. See more at Bloomberg.com.
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Tagged with: ceo, game, job, KC-X 1980s, Northrop Grumman Corp., ronald sugar, systems integration
February 29, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
· Filed under Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
Here are some links that are commenting on the win by Northrop Grumman and EADS.
http://www.aero-news.net/ - KC-45A Wins Deal Over Boeing’s KC-767 Note: I think no matter what aircraft was chosen it would be called the KC-45A.
Wichita, KS News on MSNBC - Key phrase from Sen Roberts of KS: “”I am deeply [...]
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