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Schwartz: Tanker Rivals Didn’t See Each Others’ Price Proposals

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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force's top officer said yesterday neither company competing for the aerial-refueling tanker contract received insight into the other's price proposal or any advantage after the service accidentally disclosed sensitive data to the two rivals. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz insisted the material mistakenly sent this month to competitors Boeing [BA] and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) about each others' KC-X aircraft bids was not "proprietary" pricing data. While he told…

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