Tanker Contract Could Bring Millions

Northrop Grumman official says theconstruction of a new Air Force tanker in Mobile, could havean economic impact in south Mississippi of more than $12 millionannually.

By: Katie Hammond | WKRG-TV
Published: June 05, 2008

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Northrop Grumman official says the
construction of a new Air Force tanker in Mobile, Ala., could have
an economic impact in south Mississippi of more than $12 million
annually.
Leroy Barnidge, vice president for state and local government
relations in Melbourne, Fla., where Northrop's tanker program
headquarters is located, spoke Wednesday to a Pascagoula civic
club.
If the Northrop and EADS North America's joint tanker contract
survives a protest by rival Boeing Co., Barnidge said a couple of
hundred new jobs could come with the contract to Mississippi.
Northrop-EADS plans an aircraft assembly center in Mobile
estimated to cost $600 million and create more than 1,000 jobs.