EADS chief Louis Gallois told reporters in London that his company has found a U.S. partner for the KC-X contest but won’t reveal it at the moment. Continue reading “EADS’ own “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy”
Category: KC-X
EADS could win KC-X on price
Leeham News and Comment’s Scott Hamilton thinks EADS has a chance to beat Boeing for the lucrative KC-X contract by bidding lower than Boeing.
U.S. House wants Pentagon to take Airbus subsidies into account
The Pentagon is to consider illegal subsidies Airbus has received from European governments when it selects its next aerial tanker, a 410-8 vote by the U.S. House of Representatives has decided. Continue reading “U.S. House wants Pentagon to take Airbus subsidies into account”
Boeing denies it will not bid for KC-X contest
Boeing has refuted media reports that it won’t bid in the USAF’s aerial tanker contest.
Twenty percent of USAF tankers are constantly in depots
DOD Buzz reports that the U.S. Air Force’s latest mobility study found that 20 percent of its tanker fleet is in a depot at any one time.