NEW YORK (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp has nearly doubled its estimate of the number of jobs it will create on the $35 billion U.S. Air Force refueling tanker program it won over rival Boeing Co .

House defense appropriators on Wednesday fully funded the Air Force’s troubled mid-air refueling tanker, which has been at the center of a bitter lobbying fight between Boeing and Northrop Grumman.

This next story takes us back down into the atmosphere. The Air Force will shortly announce the winner of a contract that could be worth up to $150 billion. It's for a new fleet of refueling tankers, ...

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - A study paid for by Boeing Co found that an aerial tanker built by the plane maker would create 10 times more new U.S. jobs than a now-withdrawn plan by Northrop ...

A Kansas congressman said the Boeing Co. plans to cut his state out of work for a new refueling tanker, a move that could bring thousands of jobs to the Puget Sound area. The work would involve a $35 ...