Northrop Grumman Corp., fresh from an upset victory over Boeing Co. for an aerial refueling tanker contract, is favored to score a second decision over its larger competitor in a $2 billion U.S. Navy unmanned spy-plane contest. Northrop's Global Hawk aircraft, used in Iraq and Afghanistan under a $5.7 billion Air Force program, has ``a better than 50 percent chance'' of beating drones from Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Navy order, said Myles Walton, an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst in Boston.
The Pentagon may name a choice this week.
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