Air Force Tanker Competition Begins Anew

It appears that public pressure — including eight BMW posts — did some good as the U.S. Defense Department has decided to reopen the KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition.The decision comes four months...

Military Leaders Call for Review of Tanker Deal

Since the Pentagon announced Feb. 29 that it had selected the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, based in France, as the primary recipient of a contract to build new Air Force tanker aircraft, I’ve vented my frustration in the form of a half-dozen pieces...

Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams is Right on Boeing Snub

Yesterday, the Pentagon announced it has chosen a bid from Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which is based in France, instead of the KC-767 Advanced Tanker from Boeing, which...

EADS 'to produce outside Europe'

"The head of European aerospace company EADS has given his strongest indication yet that some Airbus manufacturing will be moved outside Europe. "We don't have a choice," its chief executive Louis Gallois told...

Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs as Boeing ups market share

EUROPEAN plane maker Airbus is to axe around 10,000 jobs after suffering a huge loss of market share to US rival Boeing.The company’s German operations will be the worst hit.Sources close to the embattled...

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