Joining forces
by Clay Chandler
Published: December 21,2009
Tags: Boeing, European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, KC-X, Northrop Grumman
Four-state alliance tries to garner contract; bring tens of thousands of jobs to region Gaining consensus in politics within one state’s borders is difficult. Pulling agreement out of four states is nearly impossible. But that’s what happened in October when Mississippi joined Louisiana, Alabama and the Panhandle region of Florida to form the Aerospace Alliance, [...]
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