KC-X Announced Today

Published February 29, 2008 7:05pm ET



There’s a great story about General George C. Marshall, who–while posturing the nation for war–took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to hear out some gentleman from the automotive industry. After listening to them for about 5 minutes, Marshall nodded and said “Ok, do it.” And so the Army Jeep was born. Different times, eh?

The Air Force’s often-delayed announcement of which defense contractor will be awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to provide new aerial refueling tankers has been postponed until 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 29, a defense industry analyst said.

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