Quote Originally Posted by Don Dalton
The contract was awarded to Northrup Grumman ,they are in bed with the French Company that make the Air Bus.

Just another case of US jobs going off shore.I wonder what the bids were on the contract.
Northrup Grumman is an American company, where else could they have gone to have the plane built? Boeing, Lockheed Martin? I think not, they compete against each other...not work together. It indeed sucks to think France would get even one red cent of our defense budget, but they are on our list of approved suppliers....

I think Boeing should have been given one of those no bid contracts.....just like Halliburton......