World News | Christopher Drew, The New York Times | Friday February 25, 2011
In a surprise twist to a long-running saga, the Air Force said on Thursday that it would award a $35 billion contract for aerial fuelling tankers to Boeing rather than to a European company that builds Airbus planes. William J. Lynn III, the deputy defence secretary, said Boeing was "the clear winner" under a formula that considered the bid prices,...
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