BOEING'S BIG WIN MAY END IN A DRAW

摘要

The dogfight is only going to get worse between the two aerospace titans vying for one of the 21st century's most lucrative, delayed, and politically contentious military contracts. But when it's over, both Boeing and rival Northrop Grumman could emerge as winners.rnBack on Feb. 29 the U.S. Air Force had awarded Northrop-teamed with the Franco-German European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EADS)-the entire $35 billion order for 179 tankers capable of refueling fighter jets in the air. But Boeing protested, and on June 18 the Government Accountability Office, a congressional watchdog, backed its claim that the Air Force skewed the contest in favor of Northrop.