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The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Rich Smith |
Northrop Beats Boeing Not in the big race (yet), but in the warm-up.  |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Rich Smith |
Boeing Wins! The winner of the $40 billion KC-X Tanker contract is all but certain. So let's all give a great big round of applause to ... Northrop Grumman! But not because it won the contract.  |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Rich Smith |
Pentagon's Plea: More Guns, Fewer Lawyers It seems the multiple members of the military-industrial complex just cannot play well with others. Every time one of them wins a contract from the government, the losers cry foul -- and call their attorneys to protest the award.  |
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Rich Smith |
Quit Crying, Boeing Boeing has filed its long-anticipated protest on the KC-X Tanker contract with the U.S. Air Force.  |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Gets the Boot Boeing's challenge of a Pentagon award to build America's Next Top Humvee has been definitively rejected. And that could be good news for investors.  |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Rich Smith |
Did Boeing Just Win the Tanker Contract? Investors are bidding Boeing shares up on the assumption that the KC-X contract is now in the bag. That's a mistake.  |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Rich Smith |
Did Boeing Just Lose the Tanker Contract? Everyone seems to think so. Here's why they're wrong.  |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Katie Spence |
When Will This Company Learn You Can't Get Ahead by Being Stupid? Boeing was undoubtedly aggressive with its tanker bid, and it looks like that's coming back to haunt it.  |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Rich Smith |
Let's Play Boeing Ball! For weeks, airplane magnate Boeing has complained about the Pentagon's planned rebid of a contract to build scores of new KC-X aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.  |
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Rich Smith |
Stay Tuned: Boeing vs. Northrop One company, either Northrop Grumman or Boeing, will win big, while the other will lose big, when the U.S. Air Force decides to whom it will award a $40 billion contract to build KC-X Tankers.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Rich Smith |
Boeing Scores Touchdown in India There's a new world order for U.S. defense contractors.  |
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Boeing, Air Force Turn Page on Controversial Tanker Program The Boeing Co. in September opened the first of five planned systems integration laboratories for the Air Force's new KC-46 aerial refueling tanker program.  |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Rich Smith |
Boeing's Bid Bites Back Its KC-X contract is set to cost them $300 million.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Smith |
KC-X Still M.I.A. Pentagon to defense contractors: On your mark, get set ... wait!  |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2011 Rich Smith |
Boeing Knows How to Win The Air Force has made its decision and handed Boeing a multibillion-dollar contract to build its next aerial refueling tanker, now dubbed the KC-46A.  |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Rich Smith |
A Contract Is Awarded, and Humvee Hilarity Ensues Boeing and Textron complain to the Government Accountability Office about having lost the Pentagon's Humvee contract. Northrop Grumman, and Oshkosh have filed protests as well.  |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing vs. Northrop: Round 3 The Boeing-Northrop auction action heats up again.  |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2009 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender Let's see how these six defense stocks are doing in a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500: General Dynamics... Raytheon... Lockheed Martin... AeroVironment... iRobot... Force Protection...  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Rich Smith |
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Boeing-Style Boeing has taken a step toward mending fences across the pond, and added a European supplier to the KC-46A team.  |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Rich Smith |
Bullish on Boeing Bad news begets good news, as night follows day.  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2011 Katie Spence |
In Defense of 3 Companies You Might Be Overlooking Defense companies may not be the most glamorous companies to invest in -- but with the security of America depending on what these companies bring to the table, it's unlikely they'll disappear into the sunset any time soon.  |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Rich Smith |
Boeing Bets on Black The nation's second largest defense contractor announced a deal that could preserve its place as a profitable producer of fighter aircraft -- or put it deeply in the red.  |
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Industry Protests: Government Need Not Worry Pentagon officials have bemoaned the growing number of procurements that have been protested by industry. The rise in protests, however, appears to be overplayed  |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2008 Rich Smith |
Going Once, Going Twice The two companies competing to build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, both announce that they have submitted their final bids to the Pentagon.  |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2011 Rich Smith |
Another Defense Stock Bites the Dust The Wall Street Journal takes Oshkosh to the woodshed.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2010 Rich Smith |
Boeing Beams, but Northrop's Grumblin' They took their ball and went home -- and no one cares.  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Rich Smith |
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades HSBC Securities' perfectly reasonable decision to downgrade Boeing got trampled in the rush of investors heading the other way.  |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
Boeing's Behemoth Deal Boeing's tanker deal will be a boon to the economy.  |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Rich Smith |
Northrop and Boeing's Battling Bids Northrop and Boeing, competing to build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers, announce that they have submitted their final bids to the Pentagon.  |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2008 Jim Mueller |
Boeing Waves Flag, Cries Foul Should the military blindly buy American or buy the best equipment?  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Rich Smith |
2012 Preview: Boeing Boeing had a good last year -- but what about this year?  |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Rich Smith |
Who Wants to Be a Pentagon Billionaire? The clock's ticking down to the final minutes on the Pentagon's multibillion-dollar purchase of an estimated 5,200 all-terrain armored vehicles for the war in Afghanistan. Let's review the situation.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2008 Rich Smith |
Boeing to Air Force: Keep Yer Stinkin' Tankers ... at least the Army still loves us.  |
National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Boeing Under Mounting Pressure To Deliver New Tanker Failure to deliver an initial 18 combat-ready KC-46A tankers by August 2017 could cut into the company's profits.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Katie Spence |
Broken Promises Do Not Make Investors Smile Can Boeing pull it together?  |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Boeing on the Radar In advance of quarterly reports, analysts expect Boeing to show a big jump in earnings.  |
National Defense May 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Air Force May Forgo Cargo Features in Future Refueling Tanker As the Air Force moves forward with plans to replace its aerial refueling tankers, it may decide to forgo earlier plans to make the KC-X tanker a multi-mission aircraft.  |
The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing, Going, Gone How mighty Boeing has fallen.  |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Rich Smith |
Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys.  |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Rich Smith |
Say It Ain't So, Boeing The aerospace giant has landed more than $312 million in contracts to lease its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to the Navy and Marine Corps over the past two years.  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Rich Smith |
Saving Boeing's Bacon A cash-strapped Air India may throw Boeing a lifeline.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Rich Smith |
An Open Letter to Boeing Here's what the aerospace giant needs to do to straighten up and fly right.  |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2011 Katie Spence |
Budget Woes Are No Match for These Titans Defense companies may suffer from pressure on Capitol Hill to cut defense spending, but that's no reason to back out of defense investing. If anything, now is the time to get in at rock-bottom prices.  |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2008 Rich Smith |
A SNAFU for JLTV The Army has pushed its decision regarding who will build the next version of the Hummer, the JLTV, all the way from June into October.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2010 Rich Smith |
Is Boeing a $50 Stock? Or is it worth $100 a share? Make up your minds, already!  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Rich Smith |
Pentagon to Northrop: Go Jump in a Lake Or make a bid. It's all the same to us.  |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Rich Smith |
Boeing Going Gangbusters Forget the 787. Boeing's 737 is the real growth story.  |
The Motley Fool July 10, 2008 Rich Smith |
Boeing's Boffo Day Good news comes in pairs.  |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Airbus' Global Allies Airbus' proposed alliances may limit Boeing's ability to protest the European company's subsidies. In the case of the 787 and the A350, the market will decide which plane wins. Fortunately for Boeing, the 787 is a very strong candidate.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender In a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500, no quarter will be asked, none given for defense industry stocks.  |