Schwartz Confident Tanker Contract Will Meet Deadline

摘要

The Air Force's struggle to build a new aerial refueling tanker may clear a hurdle in November.rnOr it may not.rnObservers outside the service last month predicted that the Nov. 12 deadline to name a successful bidder will probably slide because of the likelihood the losing bidder will file a protest.rnBut Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, told Air Force Times editorial staff he would be "very, very surprised" if the deadline slipped.