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EADS NA submitted KC-X Tanker plane proposal

Leiden, Holland - A day ahead of the July 9 deadline

EADS North America has submitted yesterday its proposal in the United States Air Force KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition, a day ahead of the July 9 deadline. The 8,800+ page proposal details the unequalled capabilities of the EADS KC-45. The KC-45, based on the commercially successful A-330, will be assembled in a new manufacturing facility to be built in Mobile, Alabama, which will also...

fra/pec - 1119002
Rome, Italy, 07/09/2010 19:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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