Northrop, Airbus threaten to pull out of tanker bid: Pentagon: "Northrop Grumman and Airbus have threatened to withdraw from the competition for the multi-billion-dollar contract to build a new US military tanker aircraft, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
'The (Defense) Department regrets that Northrop-Grumman and Airbus have taken themselves out of the tanker competition and hope they will return when the final RFP (request for proposal) is issued,' Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said in a statement."
