With New RFP Out, Northrop Weighs KC-X Risk

Credit: BOEING CONCEPT/CHUCK SCHROEDER
Release of the final request for proposals (RFP) for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-X tanker could lead to a contracting conundrum. If the Northrop Grumman/EADS North America team follows through on its threat not to bid, the Pentagon’s ­strategy designed to elicit low, fixed-price offers from competitors...

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