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From: localhost!wlm@uunet.UU.NET (William L. Moran Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Problems for Northrop ?
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Date: 17 Jul 89 02:02:20 GMT
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From: localhost!wlm@uunet.UU.NET (William L. Moran Jr.)

In article <8331@cbnews.ATT.COM> willey@arrakis.NEVADA.EDU (Adm. Pavel Chekov) writes:
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>	With what looks like the impending rejection of the B-2 by Congress,
>what would happen to Northrop if no order is placed. How much of its own money
>has Northrop invested? With the failure of the F-20 program (political, not
>technical) and if the B-2 fails, will Northrop go out of business? I'd hate
>to see Congress force a defense contractor out of business by making promises
>and backing out at the last moment.

I saw in the paper today that the committee had advised that the
Senate approve the purchase of the B2; this assumes that it flies
(maybe today), and that the cost not including development is less
than something on the order of 300 million apiece. From what I have
read, this may be incorrect, I do not think that Northrop is risking
anything on the B2. The development costs were paid by DoD. This is
also supposed to be why the F20 wasn't a big deal; they had already
gotten several billion for B2 development.

I also notice that the same committee advised killing the F14D as per
DoD recommendations.

				Bill Moran



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