Mobile and Baldwin County News
Airbus and Lockheed Martin are teaming up for another run at an Air Force tanker contract that could add a new production line at Mobile's Brookley plant, reviving a rivalry…
Airbus broke ground on a second Mobile manufacturing facility expected to bring at least 400 jobs, a milestone that came the same week the city mourned a Mobile police officer…
Airbus formally opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant at Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, capping years of planning and construction and setting the stage for the region's growing aerospace industry.
With the deadline for bids in the U.S. Air Force’s long-running aerial refueling tanker competition arriving this week, the debate over which manufacturer would build the next generation of tankers…
With the deadline for final bids on the Air Force’s multibillion-dollar aerial refueling tanker contract arriving, much of the public debate around the competition has centered on a familiar question…
A Mobile woman's call for weekly prayer meetings tied to the city's Air Force tanker bid, complete with a warning about rising floodwaters, reached Mayor Sam Jones, who said he…
The Pentagon and the U.S. Air Force were expected to announce a decision Monday on the KC-X aerial refueling tanker contract, a competition worth billions of dollars that has placed…
The GAO found the Air Force made significant math errors in scoring a $35 billion tanker contract, casting new doubt on plans for an aircraft assembly plant at Brookley Field…
The GAO was expected to rule by Thursday on Boeing's protest of the Air Force tanker award, a decision with major stakes for a planned Northrop Grumman/EADS assembly line in…
The U.S. Air Force admitted a cost-calculation error that had favored Boeing in the tanker contract evaluation, adding a new twist to a dispute with direct stakes for a proposed…