If Boeing loses, then Boeing and its friends in industry and government would come down on the Air Force and the Obama administration would suffer the fallout.
Boeing also would be expected to appeal the decision.
If Airbus wins, the political fallout would be far less, even though Airbus would build the tankers in America and hire Americans to do the building.
(Chicago Breaking Business) Boeing Co. is the underdog to land a $35-billion contract for aerial refueling tankers that the Pentagon is expected to award as early as Thursday, analysts said.If conventional wisdom is right, France-based EADS North America would win its first major U.S. defense deal and would be the front-runner to replace the entire half-century-old tanker fleet, contracts expected to total more than $100 billion.
The tanker contest is one of the ugliest and longest-running procurement dramas in Defense Department history. And it may not end with tomorrow's announcement.
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