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Northrop Grumman stories: 15 news summaries

Pentagon
Builds Legion
of 'Hacker Soldiers' 

US lags behind in cyberwarfare: experts

May 31, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Military recruiters may still prize the strapping jock, but military contractors are wooing the scrawny computer geek to join the ranks of young "hacker soldiers" enlisted to defend the US in cyberwarfare, the New York Times reports. Most of the biggest companies, like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, have... More »

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Pentagon • Raytheon • cyberwarfare • hacker • US military • Northrop Grumman • defense contractors

Northrop Settles Whistleblower Case for $325M

No money will change hands after firm, feds settle separate case

Apr 3, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Northrop Grumman has settled a whistleblower case with the government for $325 million, but the defense contractor doesn't need to get out its checkbook: In a separate case, the federal government agreed to pay Northrop the same amount, the Los Angeles Times reports. The two cases offset each other... More »

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Northrop Grumman • lawsuit • whistleblower • defense contractors • TRW

Pentagon Delays $35B Tanker Deal for Next President

Environment too 'highly charged' for fair process; Boeing gets time to rework plan

Sep 10, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon has put a $35 billion contract for new Air Force refueling tankers on hold, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today, reasoning that the White House didn’t have enough time left to “complete a competition that would be viewed as fair.” The contract was awarded to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Robert Gates • Boeing • Northrop Grumman • tanker aircraft • 767 Tanker • government contracts

Boeing Threatens to Ditch
Air Force Tanker Bid

Boeing demands extra 4 months in new bid in tanker war

Aug 22, 08 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing has warned the Pentagon it will pull out of the new bidding to build a fleet of air tankers unless it gets an extra four months to prepare a bid, the Wall Street Journal reports. A Boeing pullout would leave the Air Force with no competition for a $35... More »

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Boeing • aerospace • Northrop Grumman • EADS • US Air Force • tanker aircraft

Pentagon's New Bid Rules Favor Northrop: Boeing

Bidding changes seen to justify previous decision

Aug 7, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon issued new criteria yesterday for the second round of bidding on its lucrative fuel-tanker contract, Bloomberg reports, and Boeing backers immediately cried foul. The new terms give bonus points to a plane that carries more fuel than the earlier guidelines, which Boeing officials and congressional allies claim favors... More »

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Pentagon • Boeing • Air Force • fuel tankers • Northrop Grumman • Department of Defense • tanker aircraft • government contracts

(Newser) - The Pentagon will re-open a $35 billion contract to build the Air Force's fleet of new refueling tankers and pick a new winner by the end of the year, congressional sources say. The Office of the Secretary of Defense—not the Air Force—will oversee the new competition between Boeing... More »

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Pentagon • Robert Gates • Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Northrop Grumman

GAO Backs Boeing's Protest of $40B-Deal

Officials want Air Force to re-examine contract that went to competitor

Jun 18, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional investigators today seconded Boeing's protest of the US Air Force's decision to award a lucrative tanker contract to a competitor and its European partner, the Seattle Times reports. The Government Accountability Office said it found "a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what... More »

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Boeing • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • GAO

For Boeing, Warplanes Are Becoming History

After losing another big military contract, giant's defense role shrinking to bit parts

Apr 7, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Boeing makes fewer military aircraft and more hardware systems, its commercial and defense arms look increasingly like separate companies, the Seattle Times reports. "These are two legs walking in opposite directions," one analyst says. While airplanes continue to dominate its commercial side, the company, once a military-aircraft... More »

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Boeing • Airbus • fuel tankers • Northrop Grumman • Defense Industry • contract • airplane

Congress Will
Nix Airbus Deal,
Boeing Says

US firm blasts 'unfair' award of Air Force contract to Europeans

Mar 19, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing isn't taking its loss of a $35 billion military contract to Northrop Grumman and Airbus lying down, Reuters reports. A company vice president said he was "as confident as he could be" that Congress would overturn the Air Force's decision to buy refueling tankers from Boeing's European rival.... More »

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Pentagon • Boeing • contracts • Air Force • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • aircraft • Government Accountability Office • US Air Force

McCain Sucked
Into Boeing Battle

Campaign boss lobbied against Boeing for European Airbus

Mar 12, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is being dragged into the feud between Boeing and the Air Force, reports AP. A firm headed by McCain's campaign finance chairman, Tom Loeffler, was paid $220,000 to lobby on behalf of the Airbus, the successful European rival to Boeing's 767 fuel tanker. McCain had helped block... More »

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John McCain • Pentagon • Boeing • contracts • Airbus • European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company • Northrop Grumman • GAO • Lockheed Martin • EADS • US Air Force • 767 Tanker • Teal Group • Jim McNerney • Tom Loeffler • Loeffler Group • Air Force Secretary • Michael Wynne

OPINION

Boeing Doesn't Deserve Military Monopoly

Lawmakers are angry, but making aircraft giant compete is a good thing

Mar 9, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s fury on Capitol Hill (and the campaign trail) over a $40 billion Air Force contract going to a European team, Mark Thompson notes in Time, but it’s entirely appropriate for the military to get the best technology it can. Indeed, anger over the snub to Boeing shows... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Boeing • Toyota • Air Force • outsourcing • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • monopoly • contract • tanker aircraft • Dave Hobson

Stunned Boeing Presses USAF to Explain Choice

Scheduled debriefing not soon enough for jilted company

Mar 4, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Boeing is calling for an “immediate debriefing” on the Air Force's choice of a foreign company to build its fuel tankers, Bloomberg reports. The selection of Airbus and Northrop Grumman is to be the subject of a scheduled March 12 meeting, but Boeing says that isn’t protocol. “... More »

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Congress • Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • fuel tankers • Northrop Grumman • Department of Defense • manufacturing • debriefing • Patty Murray

US, Euro Alliance Landed Air Force Deal for Airbus

$40B contact took years of careful planning

Mar 3, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Years of careful strategy and an alliance between executives was the key to Airbus nailing a $40 billion deal to build Air Force planes, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Pentagon’s decision last week is “a transformational shift in the way weapons systems are acquired. It’s an... More »

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Pentagon • Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • EADS • airplane • Ralph Crosby Jr.

Air Force Picks Foreign
Bid to Build Tankers

Northrop Grumman and Airbus will build $40B fleet in France

Feb 29, 08 9:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The Air Force shocked observers yesterday by handing a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers to a foreign company, the Los Angeles Times reports. Northrop Grumman and Airbus—which plan to build the 179 tankers in France—beat out Washington state's Boeing. Outraged lawmakers from Washington state... More »

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John McCain • California • Pentagon • Boeing • France • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • Kansas • Alabama • Washington state • Government Accountability Office • US Air Force • Made in America

Boeing, Airbus Firefight at
Paris Air Show

Rivals for $40 billion
Air Force deal bring
out big guns

Jun 21, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The battle between Boeing and Airbus soared to new levels of rancor this week at the Paris Air Show, where the companies are competing to supply the US Air Force with fuel tankers in a contract worth up to $40 billion. The open crossfire was unusual, the Wall Street  Journal... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Airbus A380 • Aircraft manufacturers • fuel tankers • rivalry • European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company • Northrop Grumman • Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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