Boeing military contract expires

Kazakhstan News.Net
Friday 2nd October, 2009

Northrop Grumman has beaten rival Boeing to provide logistics services for KC-10 aerial refuelling tankers.

The military contact was ratified by the Pentagon late Thursday.

While Boeing builds the KC-10 and currently provides service for the plane, Northrop has taken away the 25 year old contract, which will now allow it to offer around 300 jobs to logistics staff.

Los Angeles-based Northrop is already in another battle with Boeing over a lucrative $35 billion contract to replace the Air Force’s 179 aerial refuelling tankers.

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