Pentagon sees next step in tanker contest "sooner"Fri Aug 1, 2008 1:24pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon expects to issue a draft request for proposals in the transatlantic battle to build new aerial tankers for the U.S. Air Force "sooner rather than later," spokesman Bryan Whitman said on Friday.
"It is moving along. The current projection is to get the draft RFP out onto the street in early August," Whitman said, saying the document could come next week or the week after.
Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner EADS beat out Boeing Co to win a $35 billion order for 179 refueling tankers in February, but the Pentagon decided to reopen the competition after government auditors found significant errors in the Air Force's handling of the process.
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