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Air Force

Boeing, Northrop Grumman Vie For Multibillion Dollar KC-10 Logistics Contract

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

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Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday announced their interest in winning the Air Force's multibillion contest to provide contractor logistics support (CLS) to the service's KC-10 tanker aircraft as well as two Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10 aircraft over approximately the next decade. Boeing, the current CLS provider for the Air Force's 59-aircraft KC-10 fleet, announced that it submitted its bid Dec. 6, while Northrop Grumman declared its intent to challenge the incumbent by competing to be the prime…

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