F-35 and KC-X

Murtha Presses For Split Tanker Contract

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Says EADS-Northrop Withdrawal A "Blow" To Tanker Program. Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha (D), chair of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, expressed serious concerns about Northrop Grumman's threat to pull out of the tanker competition over the wording of the RFP

 

 

 

Department Focuses On F-35 Costs, Fair Tanker Competition

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Pentagon officials are working to halt spiraling costs in the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft program, while ensuring competition for a new refueling tanker remains fair to all contenders, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said Wednesday. Lynn told the Aerospace and Defense Conference in New York he's concerned about both "cost and schedule challenges" associated with the next-generation fighter aircraft that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates calls "the heart of the future of our tactical combat aviation." "We don't like some of the trends we see, and we are determined not to accept those trends," Lynn told the audience of aerospace executives.