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Monday, March 8, 2010

US Company To Make US Military Jets. Good.

Northrop/AEDS drops out of the competition to build the next midair refueling jet for the USA. Boeing wins by default. Apparently we're not quite to the point of buying our bullets from China just yet.

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In related news, I am amused at all the surprised-faces the politicians put on when their favorite ox is gored, at the fact (alleeeeeegedly) that the US DOD would write a specification with only one product capable of meeting it.

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