Boeing's Aerial Refueling Tanker Bid

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on September 14, 2009 5:09 PM | | Comments (0) |

Boeing is going with a bigger plane to match Northrop's previously winning bid for the $35 billion Air Force tanker contract.


Boeing Plans Aerial Refueling Tanker Bid Based on 767 or 777

(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. plans to offer either the 767 or larger 777 model in the Air Force refueling tanker competition, the planemaker's executives said.

The company said its entry will depend on whether the U.S. Air Force wants a larger capacity aircraft, Rick Lemaster, the company's head of tanker ocmpetition, said today in a briefing.

Read more on Boeing's tanker bid.

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