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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…

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

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Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

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Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]