Pentagon Reopens Bidding!
The Pentagon is reopening the bid for the Air Force. The Air Force wants 179 new aerial refueling tankers and is willing to pay around $35 billion. The 2 companies in the running are Boeing and Northrop Grumman Corp. The Air Force cares about 2 things only. Whoever’s plane can hold the most fuel and have other offload capacity’s. Boeing doesn’t feel they have a good chance getting the contract. They would be bases their plan off the 767 airliner, which is still to small compared to what Northrop Grumman Corp could build. But Boeing’s plan will do better on gas. So how do you choose? I would go with the plan better on fuel cost.
