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DoD Pledges Fall Tanker Award, U.S. Aerospace-Antonov Team Disqualified

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Friday, August 6th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force has only two qualified bidders for the KC-X aerial refueling tanker contract after an entry from a dark horse team offering a Ukrainian aircraft-based proposal was disqualified after delivering its bid five minutes past the Defense Department's deadline for bid submissions, officials said yesterday. "The bottom line is, they didn't make it in time," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said of a U.S. Aerospace-Antonov attempt to bid. U.S. Aerospace, Inc., is a Southern California-based…

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