Northrop drops out of tanker contest, dashing Mobile's hopes for aircraft assembly plant (Mobile Press-Register)

9 March 2010, 5:47 am

Northrop Grumman Corp. has dropped out of bidding for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, giving rival Boeing Co. a lock on one of the biggest defense deals in U.S. history and dealing a bitter conclusion to Alabama's five-year pursuit of the project.... Read More »

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