In the wake of one of the most politically charged defense contract awards in recent years, House appropriators today grilled the Air Force's acquisition corps over their recent deal with Northrop Grumman to build the service's new aerial tanker. "The political implications are pretty severe here [and] this committee then will have to make a decision to go forward," House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha (D-PA) said. To that end, Murtha said the subcommittee plans to hold a closed-door...
