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Air Force

Boeing Backers On Hill: WTO Subsidy Finding Impacts Tanker Contest

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Boeing [BA] supporters in Congress argued last Friday that as the Pentagon prepares to release the solicitation for the Air Force tanker it cannot ignore the World Trade Organization's preliminary finding that some European government subsidies to rival Airbus were improper. Northrop Grumman [NOC] and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) backers countered that the in-process trade dispute should not impact a Department of Defense (DoD) procurement matter. A WTO panel issued an interim report last Friday on…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]