Read more Northrop Grumman stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3345/northrop-grumman.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60584/pentagon-builds-legion-of-hacker-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMilitary recruiters may still prize the strapping jock, but military contractors are wooing the scrawny computer geek to join the ranks of young "hacker soldiers" enlisted to defend the US in cyberwarfare, the New York Times reports. Most of the biggest companies, like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, have “cyber...http://www.newser.com/story/60584/pentagon-builds-legion-of-hacker-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 10:52:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55206/northrop-settles-whistleblower-case-for-325m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorthrop Grumman has settled a whistleblower case with the government for $325 million, but the defense contractor doesn't need to get out its checkbook: In a separate case, the federal government agreed to pay Northrop the same amount, the Los Angeles Times reports. The two cases offset each other and...http://www.newser.com/story/55206/northrop-settles-whistleblower-case-for-325m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 9:43:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37099/pentagon-delays-35b-tanker-deal-for-next-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pentagon has put a $35 billion contract for new Air Force refueling tankers on hold, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today, reasoning that the White House didn’t have enough time left to “complete a competition that would be viewed as fair.” The contract was awarded to a European-American partnership,...http://www.newser.com/story/37099/pentagon-delays-35b-tanker-deal-for-next-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Sep 2008 11:58:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35506/boeing-threatens-to-ditch-air-force-tanker-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoeing has warned the Pentagon it will pull out of the new bidding to build a fleet of air tankers unless it gets an extra four months to prepare a bid, the Wall Street Journal reports. A Boeing pullout would leave the Air Force with no competition for a $35...http://www.newser.com/story/35506/boeing-threatens-to-ditch-air-force-tanker-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 4:27:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34391/pentagons-new-bid-rules-favor-northrop-boeing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pentagon issued new criteria yesterday for the second round of bidding on its lucrative fuel-tanker contract, Bloomberg reports, and Boeing backers immediately cried foul. The new terms give bonus points to a plane that carries more fuel than the earlier guidelines, which Boeing officials and congressional allies claim favors...http://www.newser.com/story/34391/pentagons-new-bid-rules-favor-northrop-boeing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Aug 2008 11:41:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32050/pentagon-to-re-open-35b-air-force-tanker-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pentagon will re-open a $35 billion contract to build the Air Force's fleet of new refueling tankers and pick a new winner by the end of the year, congressional sources say. The Office of the Secretary of Defense—not the Air Force—will oversee the new competition between Boeing...http://www.newser.com/story/32050/pentagon-to-re-open-35b-air-force-tanker-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 12:16:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30356/gao-backs-boeings-protest-of-40b-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongressional investigators today seconded Boeing's protest of the US Air Force's decision to award a lucrative tanker contract to a competitor and its European partner, the Seattle Times reports. The Government Accountability Office said it found "a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what was...http://www.newser.com/story/30356/gao-backs-boeings-protest-of-40b-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Jun 2008 13:54:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23723/for-boeing-warplanes-are-becoming-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Boeing makes fewer military aircraft and more hardware systems, its commercial and defense arms look increasingly like separate companies, the Seattle Times reports. "These are two legs walking in opposite directions," one analyst says. While airplanes continue to dominate its commercial side, the company, once a military-aircraft mainstay, now...http://www.newser.com/story/23723/for-boeing-warplanes-are-becoming-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 15:34:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21955/congress-will-nix-airbus-deal-boeing-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoeing isn't taking its loss of a $35 billion military contract to Northrop Grumman and Airbus lying down, Reuters reports. A company vice president said he was "as confident as he could be" that Congress would overturn the Air Force's decision to buy refueling tankers from Boeing's European rival. The...http://www.newser.com/story/21955/congress-will-nix-airbus-deal-boeing-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Mar 2008 6:44:00 CDT