Google Inc. founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have to dig deeper to operate their fleet of private jets, after the U.S. Department of Defense ended a little-known arrangement that for years allowed the tech billionaires to travel on sharply discounted jet fuel bought from the Pentagon.

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have to dig deeper to operate their fleet of private jets, after the Department of Defense ended a little-known arrangement that allowed the billionaires to travel on sharply discounted jet fuel bought from the Pentagon. Mark Maremont reports. Photo: Getty Images.

The agreement between the Google founders and the government, which started in 2007, ended Aug. 31 after officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration—which sponsored the arrangement—opted not to renew it, according to a Pentagon spokeswoman.

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Google co-founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page, pictured in 2008.

The move followed discussions earlier this year between the Pentagon and NASA over whether the Google founders may have exceeded contract terms by using fuel for non-government flights, according to a letter from a Pentagon official released by Sen. Charles Grassley.

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