Northrop Grumman

United Aircraft, a Russian government owned aerospace corporation, plans to bid for a $40 billion tanker contract of Pentagon.

Northrop Grumman quits from the tanker contract on Monday, making Boeing, a Chicago based company, as the sole bidder in the $35 billion contract.

Washington -- Northrop Grumman said it would not seek a U.S. defense contract for Air Force refueling planes and claimed the specifications are slanted to favor rival Boeing.

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Los Angeles, November 9-- Northrop Grumman, the third largest U.S. defense contractor, agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc. to private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and associate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $1.65 billion.