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Boeing, Northrop Grumman Officials Say Protest Effort Will Be Difficult

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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio If there's one thing in the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker competition that Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] can agree on, it's that the likelihood of Boeing's recent effort to overturn the decision is low. Despite acknowledging the Government Accountability Office protest was an "uphill battle," Mark McGraw, vice president and program manager for tanker programs at Boeing, said during a telecoference yeseterday, "I still feel good that we have a good basis for our protest."…

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