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Windsor's First Day Of Class Said To Go Smoothly
Found: 1 Week 3 Days 21 Hours 9 Minutes ago
Hartford Courant - The first day of school for more than 4,000 town students went smoothly, officials said. Tuesday also was the first day for principals in three town schools, including Windsor High School....
Nine-Year-Old Pitcher Told He's Too Good To Play
Found: 1 Week 4 Days 44 Minutes ago
NBC 30 News - Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player -- too good, it turns out that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more....
City Schools Opening Some New Doors
Found: 1 Week 4 Days 16 Hours 33 Minutes ago
Hartford Courant - Mrs. Rubb ushered her 16 pupils to the rug, helped them practice saying "good morning" to one another, then pulled out a book: "The Night Before Kindergarten."...
Boeing mulls exiting $35B competition
Found: 2 Weeks 1 Day 2 Hours 36 Minutes ago
The Hour - WASHINGTON
By DONNA BORAK
Associated Press
Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of the politically-charged bidding for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months by the Pentagon to put together a competitive offer.
The aerospace manufacturer said Friday it also weighing filing a protest on the final bids request -- expected to be released early next week -- which could even further delay an award by the Defense Department. No final decision will be made until Boeing has a chance to review the final bids request, said Daniel Beck, a Boeing spokesman Friday.
Two Connecticut companies would benefit if Boeing gets the contract. Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford would build the engines and Hamilton Sundstrand in Windsor Locks would work on the electrical systems.
Boeing lost the initial contract in February to Northrop Grumman Corp. and its partner Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., but the bidding is being reopened. A Boeing decision against submitting another bid could jeopardize efforts by the Pentagon to maintain a two team competition to replace 179 Eisenhower-era refueling planes.
The deal -- one of the largest in Pentagon history -- is the first of three contracts worth up to $100 billion to replace nearly 600 refueling tankers over the next 30 years.
Pentagon spokesman Chris Isleib said the department is still on track to submit its final request for bids early next week, but declined to provide any further comment due to ongoing negotiations.
Boeing claims that based on its review of the request for bids, it's clear that the Air Force is looking for a larger-sized aircraft with greater cargo capacity and better fuel offload capabilities.
"If we don't receive sufficient time to prepare a competitive proposal, there's really little option for us than to no-bid in this competition," said Beck.
The Chicago-based company contends it is not asking the Pentagon to change its requirements -- just additional time to put together a competitive offer. It declined to specify what kind of changes it would make in a new bid, but said it is considering other types of commercial aircraft.
"We think we can meet these requirements if given the time to put together a proposal," said Beck.
A spokesman for Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman could not be immediately reached for comment.
Shares of Boeing added $1.53, or 2.4 percent, to $65.08 in morning trading, while shares of Northrop Grumman added 60 cents to $69.99.
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Boeing to take its plane and go home
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Connecticut Post - WASHINGTON — Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of a politically charged competition for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it...
Shelton National's summer run
Found: 2 Weeks 3 Days 21 Hours 53 Minutes ago
Connecticut Post - June 27: Shelton National 9, Peter J. Foley 2 Tyler Tice (home run) and Marcello Ursini have three hits apiece, and Bobby Moretti pitches a 10-strikeout two-hitter....
LLWS a great adventure for Shelton
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Connecticut Post - SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Jason Hafele arrived here last week to a surprise.
He walked into Howard J. Lamade Stadium, the main ballpark at the Little League complex here, and was amazed....
Shootings Leave Three Wounded
Found: 2 Weeks 6 Days 22 Hours 7 Minutes ago
Hartford Courant - Police are investigating two shootings early Saturday that left three people wounded....
In Home Invasion, Man Bound, Beaten
Found: 2 Weeks 6 Days 22 Hours 8 Minutes ago
Hartford Courant - A man was bound with duct tape and assaulted by three armed men who forced their way into his home on Wethersfield Avenue Friday night, police said....
Two Accused In Prisoner Van Incident
Found: 3 Weeks 18 Hours 42 Minutes ago
Hartford Courant - A man charged with murder and another man who was sentenced Friday in Superior Court to five years in prison for assaulting three teens are accused of breaking up the partitions inside a prisoner transport van and terrorizing the judicial marshals and other prisoners in the van....
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