Pentagon says it will open tanker deal to competition
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WASHINGTON The Pentagon says it&#39;s reopening a controversial deal to supply refueling tankers to the Air Force, dealing a blow to Chicago-based Boeing.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman have inked a memorandum of agreement which will see the two aerospace giants join forces to compete for the contract to build NASA&#39;s Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) - part of the Agency&#39;s Constellation project to send robotic
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The bill passed Friday in Congress states that the Air Force can buy -- but not lease -- the manufacturer&#39;s tankers in coming years.
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Northrop Grumman said yesterday that it would compete for a $40 billion contract to build refueling tanker planes for the Air Force, setting up a two-way race between the Los Angeles weapons maker and rival Boeing.
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Russia wants to start negotiating a new Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty in the autumn, a foreign ministry department head told Interfax on Friday, adding a timeframe to a previous offer.
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European aerospace firm EADS says it is ready to tender for a bid to supply refuelling planes to the US air force.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market said the move will help meet competition from rivals who are also expanding overseas.
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The New York Mercantile Exchange is to open a Brent crude oil futures trading floor in Dublin later this morning. The Exchange has leased space from the New York Board of Trade&#39;s FINEX Dublin operation, with
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Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp  is teaming up with Oshkosh Truck Corp  in a bid to supply military vehicles in a contract that could be worth billions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Russia&#39;s state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, announced today that it is planning to bid for the main production facility of troubled oil company Yukos.
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The U.S. Army plans within months to  break up Halliburton Co.'s contract to provide support services  for U.S. troops in Iraq -- valued at up to $13 billion -- and  open the work to competitive bids, the Wall Street Journal said  on Tuesday, citing an internal Army memorandum.
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Some of the Pentagon's largest contractors, including Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., will begin a joint effort today to encourage development of technology standards that will ensure weapons systems of the future can communicate with each other. -The Washington Post
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LOS ANGELES - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. and aerospace giant Boeing Co. said Tuesday that theyâll bid as a team to compete for NASAâs planned manned and robotic space-exploration program.
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The U.S. Navy will soon announce  whether Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N or Raytheon Co. RTN.N  will build a $6.4 billion communications system to beef up  satellite services for U.S. troops, the White House and State  Department, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. hasn&#39;t ruled out bidding on a contract to supply air tankers to the Air Force, Chief Executive Robert Stevens said Wednesday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In a tweak at aerospace rival Boeing Co., the parent company of the European aircraft maker Airbus has offered to split a Pentagon contract to build refueling tankers.
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The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait and  other senior U.S. officials put pressure on Halliburton to  award a deal to a Kuwaiti company suspected of overcharging to  bring fuel into Iraq, according to State Department documents  released on Wednesday.