If you thought the current rhetorical stampede to the
November 4 US presidential election was overly political, you
obviously haven't been following the oft-delayed (and even
more-oft-bungled) KC-X tanker competition.
It may be the final postscript in the evergreen KC-X tanker
competition... but it's far from a satisfying ending. On
Wednesday, the Department of Defense notified the Congress and the
two competing contractors, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, that it is
terminating the current competition for a US Air Force airborne
tanker replacement.
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