I would be shocked, shocked if EADS snatched this contract out of Boeing's hands. The political ramifications of a European contractor winning an American contract this big would create upheaval in Congress and the White House and at the Pentagon.
EADS goes alone in bid on US tanker contractWASHINGTON (AP) -- A European defense contractor said Tuesday that will make its own bid for the U.S. Air Force's long-delayed $35 billion contract to build a fleet of new refueling jets.
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, also known as EADS, opens a new chapter in the bitterly disputed and politically sensitive Pentagon effort to replace its fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers that date back to the 1950s.
EADS is challenging Boeing Co., a U.S. company, for the right to build 179 new planes for the Air Force. EADS' one-time American partner, Northrop Grumman Corp., dropped out earlier this year after saying the Pentagon project unfairly favored Boeing.
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way to go EADS someone needs to teach boeing a thing or 2 about building planes