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Aerospace Blog

July 10, 2008

Watch Air Force tanker hearing live

Posted at 10:44 am by Michelle Dunlop

The Pentagon official who will lead a tanker rebid competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman and its partner EADS will testify at 11 a.m. PST at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing.

Under Secretary John Young will appear before a U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services subcommittee to answer questions about a $35 billion Air Force aerial refueling tanker contract.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced yesterday that he was putting Young in charge of the limited re-compete for the contract after the Air Force botched the initial contract process. Auditors with the Government Accountability Office said that Boeing had a good chance at winning the contract, which the Air Force originally awarded to Northrop and EADS, had it not been for Air Force errors.

Members of the GAO will testify first, followed by Young.

The hearing will be carried live on TV C-SPAN 3 or on the CSPAN Web site. The House subcommittee also will carry a live audiocast of the hearing as well.

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