In a welcome, if belated, decision, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Wednesday halted the Pentagon’s star-crossed, corruption-tinged seven-year effort to replace its Elvis-era fleet of aerial refueling tankers.
The next president and his secretary of defense now will have the…

In an absurd twist to an already tortured tale, the Air Force last week gave the Boeing Co. just eight weeks to design a new, larger aerial refueling tanker. The deadline is ridiculous, and it raises questions about exactly what is…

Congress’ watchdog agency Wednesday took a bite out of the Air Force, ruling that the service botched its February decision to award a $40 billion aerial tanker deal to Northrop Grumman and EADS, the European parent of Airbus.
The decision was at least a…

The Government Accountability Office is expected to rule by next week on Boeing Co.’s appeal of its loss of a $40 billion aerial tanker contract. The GAO will rule largely on arguments over arcane bid specifications, scoring methods and other…