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National Defense October 2009 Arthur J. Lichte	Why the U.S. Needs a New Tanker Aircraft age and a history of wing corrosion issues, fuel tank explosions, and antiquated internal avionics systems all point to the real possibility that exists for a massive grounding of the refueling fleet.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Tanker Procurement Faces Budget Hurdles A replacement for the Air Force's aging air refueling tanker fleet has been tagged as the service's top procurement priority. If the program gets under way as planned, however, it will face fierce competition from other projects vying for Air Force funds.
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson	Boeing, Air Force Turn Page on Controversial Tanker Program The Boeing Co. in September opened the first of five planned systems integration laboratories for the Air Force's new KC-46 aerial refueling tanker program.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Going Once, Going Twice The two companies competing to build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, both announce that they have submitted their final bids to the Pentagon.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop and Boeing's Battling Bids Northrop and Boeing, competing to build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers, announce that they have submitted their final bids to the Pentagon.
National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna	Boeing Under Mounting Pressure To Deliver New Tanker Failure to deliver an initial 18 combat-ready KC-46A tankers by August 2017 could cut into the company's profits.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Rich Smith	Quit Crying, Boeing Boeing has filed its long-anticipated protest on the KC-X Tanker contract with the U.S. Air Force.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Stay Tuned: Boeing vs. Northrop One company, either Northrop Grumman or Boeing, will win big, while the other will lose big, when the U.S. Air Force decides to whom it will award a $40 billion contract to build KC-X Tankers.
National Defense August 2004 Harold Kennedy	Air Force Strives to Cope With Delayed Tanker Lease U.S. Air Force officials are trying to figure out how to proceed in the aftermath of the Defense Secretary's decision to postpone the leasing 100 Boeing KC-767A tanker transport aircraft as replacements for its aging KC-135 Stratotankers.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Rich Smith	Pentagon to Northrop: Go Jump in a Lake Or make a bid. It's all the same to us.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Did Boeing Just Win the Tanker Contract? Investors are bidding Boeing shares up on the assumption that the KC-X contract is now in the bag. That's a mistake.
National Defense February 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Washington Pulse Cards stacked against procurement reform... Common business system deemed unrealistic... Air Force tanker debate continues... Army chat-rooms gain semi-official status...
National Defense May 2007 Breanne Wagner	Air Force Struggles to Define Future Airlift Needs The Air Force is walking a political tightrope as it tries to garner support for multibillion-dollar investments in new cargo aircraft while it copes with cost overruns and tightening budgets.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing Knows How to Win The Air Force has made its decision and handed Boeing a multibillion-dollar contract to build its next aerial refueling tanker, now dubbed the KC-46A.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Beats Boeing Not in the big race (yet), but in the warm-up.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing vs. Northrop: Round 3 The Boeing-Northrop auction action heats up again.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Brian Gorman	Boeing's Ship Comes In Boeing's new contract to build aircraft for the Navy continues its string of positive news. The company's prospects remain good, but investors may want to wait for the shares to descend a bit before piling on board.
National Defense April 2006 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Modernization Plans on Track The Bush administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2007 not only preserves the service's key acquisition accounts, but also contains seed money to begin research and development for new generations of aircraft.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Rich Smith	B-3, KC-X, F-35 ... Bingo! Defense investors, if you want to know which contractors will prosper in the future, and which ones will perish, listen to what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in his annual address to the Air Force Association conference.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Wins! The winner of the $40 billion KC-X Tanker contract is all but certain. So let's all give a great big round of applause to ... Northrop Grumman! But not because it won the contract.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Rich Smith	Did Boeing Just Lose the Tanker Contract? Everyone seems to think so. Here's why they're wrong.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing Wins! The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued its long-awaited ruling on the aerospace giant's protest of a $40 billion initial contract awarded to rivals Northrop Grumman and EADS.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Wins! Over in the nation's capital, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just overturned a lower court's ruling that stripped Boeing of its contract to service KC-135 refueling tankers.
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Big-Ticket Weapons So Far Safe From Budget Ax Air Force pleas for bigger procurement budgets so far have fallen on deaf ears. But the service can rest assured that virtually none of its major weapon acquisition programs appears to be in financial jeopardy.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Airbus: Small Step, Big Possibilities Construction of an Airbus engineering center is expected to begin this month in Mobile, Ala., the first step in what could eventually develop into a large-scale production complex.
National Defense November 2004 Harold Kennedy	Guard Refueling Mission Proves a Bit Too Exciting To see what really goes on in the day-to-day life of the tanker fleet, a National Defense reporter rode along on a recent training mission flown by the 108th Air Refueling Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing's Bid Bites Back Its KC-X contract is set to cost them $300 million.
National Defense June 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Northrop Grumman Aims To Retain Grip on Aviation Northrop Grumman Corp. makes a big play to join the ranks of Lockheed Martin and Boeing as one of the nation's top manufacturers of combat aircraft.
National Defense June 2006 Robert H. Williams	Navy Surveillance Aircraft Achieves Test Milestone Wind-tunnel tests for the Navy P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft went off without a hitch at an Air Force test facility, says the Boeing Company.
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Industry Protests: Government Need Not Worry Pentagon officials have bemoaned the growing number of procurements that have been protested by industry. The rise in protests, however, appears to be overplayed
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Katie Spence	When Will This Company Learn You Can't Get Ahead by Being Stupid? Boeing was undoubtedly aggressive with its tanker bid, and it looks like that's coming back to haunt it.
National Defense June 2013 Valerie Insinna	Vendors Faceoff Over Navy Cargo Aircraft The Navy isn't likely to kick off a competition until 2014, but two rival manufacturers are eager to prove that their aircraft is the best option for flying supplies to carrier strike groups.
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Services Competing For Future Airlift Missions A multibillion-dollar program to equip the Army National Guard with new fixed-wing cargo aircraft fleet has rekindled a turf battle between the services that was supposed to have been settled more than half a century ago.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Stanley Holmes	A Silver Lining For Boeing Losing a controversial tanker contract could represent a serious financial blow to Boeing. But there is a silver lining. Boeing may now have the chance to further develop an alternative plane known as the Blended Wing Body -- an aircraft that looks like a flying wing.
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Stanley Holmes	EADS' Unlikely American Ascent Despite setbacks for Airbus, the European aerospace giant is scoring U.S. defense deals.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Estimates $79 Billion Budget Deficit A confluence of higher-than-forecast fuel costs, health care and aircraft maintenance is eroding the Air Force' buying power.
National Defense April 2007 Robert H. Williams	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Refueling Accomplished The Air Research Laboratory and Boeing's Phantom Works have demonstrated that unmanned aerial vehicles can be refueled in the air.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Smith	KC-X Still M.I.A. Pentagon to defense contractors: On your mark, get set ... wait!
National Defense November 2015 Jon Harper	KC-46 Tanker Program Contract in Jeopardy Officials raised the possibility that the Defense Department would have to break the KC-46 contract and others.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Industry Ready to Compete for JSTARS Recapitalization Program The Air Force has ignited an effort to replace its surveillance and targeting aircraft system with modern airframes outfitted with new radar, sensors and communications equipment.
National Defense March 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force Trades Quantity For Quality The Air Force will cut airmen and ditch some underperforming and unwanted aircraft, focusing instead on purchasing fewer but more capable new models in order to bridge a years-long investment gap, officials said.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Military Aircraft Funding to Peak This Year, Decline Over Next Decade U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Let's Play Boeing Ball! For weeks, airplane magnate Boeing has complained about the Pentagon's planned rebid of a contract to build scores of new KC-X aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Confesses It's Scared EADS could underbid Boeing on the Air Force tanker project. Although that doesn't mean Boeing would lose.
National Defense December 2014 Valerie Insinna	JSTARS Contractor Joins Modernization Competition Northrop Grumman is jumping into the fray of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program to replace the Air Force's premier surveillance and targeting aircraft.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Pentagon's Plea: More Guns, Fewer Lawyers It seems the multiple members of the military-industrial complex just cannot play well with others. Every time one of them wins a contract from the government, the losers cry foul -- and call their attorneys to protest the award.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Brian Gorman	Tanker Tango Europe's aerospace leader and Northrop Grumman team up, pursuing a key defense contract. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Travis Hoium	Nordic American Tankers Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Nordic American Tankers were taking on water today, falling 10%, after the company announced a share offering.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2011 Rich Smith	How Clever Is Boeing? Fear not, Boeing investor. Pessimistic prognosticators and naysayers notwithstanding, Boeing will pluck a profit off the KC-X bird yet.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Rich Smith	Bullish on Boeing Bad news begets good news, as night follows day.