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...about national defense rather than hometown pork is being seriously tested by the firestorm triggered by last week's awarding of a $40 billion Air Force contract to a joint venture including the European parent of Airbus. The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Corporation and the U.S.-based Northrop Grumman beat out Boeing in the race to supply aerial tankers, making a foreign corporation responsible for a key piece of U.S. military hardware...
...deal and know full well that it may turn into $3 billion by the end of the contract term is a company with a lot of happy shareholders. Lockheed Martin has not shared much in the manned space program goodies lately - the big deals historically going to Boeing and Northrop Grumman - and it?s healthy for the industry if the wealth gets spread...
...Even better, it will also rely on Apollo?s lunar landing technique, with a spidery lunar module like the beloved old LEMs still to come. The contractor for that one hasn?t been picked, but Northrop Grumman - whose Grumman Corporation granddaddy built the original LEM - would not be a bad choice...
...many cases, the Army is turning to the private sector for help. The service lets 200,000 contracts each year, and some companies, like Honeywell, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems, work hand in hand with Army staff on the factory floor. At Red River, for example, BAE spent thousands of dollars for new equipment and physical improvements to the plant. The company has also posted an on-site representative at Red River to oversee repair work on transmissions for BAE's Bradley. Working together, the BAE--Red River team increased output from 1.5 to 4 units per shift. In many...
...said Coburn. "It tells you they're [his colleagues] listening better." With the Senate looking to move on to other issues, Coburn says he won't push for votes on all 19 of his amendments, but will insist on a handful, particularly one to stop money from going to Northrop Grumman, a shipbuilding company that lost money because of work disruptions after Hurricane Katrina...