Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.

are pulling out of the competition to build the new Air Force aerial refueling tankers, according to Alabama Republican Rep.

Jo Bonner. The Northrop team has been hinting for months that it would remove itself from the bidding, saying that the Pentagon’s specifications leaned too heavily in favor of a smaller-sized tanker that Boeing planned to build.  Bonner, who represents the Congressional District where the....