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USA: competition for the new USAF's air tanker started

Washington, Usa - Boeing and EADS are likely to compete by respectively promoting the KC-767 Tanker and the A-330 MRTT

Pentagon decided to resort to a real competition for the provision to US Air Force of a new fleet of air tankers which can properly replace the current KC-135s. Despite the Tanker affair still represents a major issue for US Judge and the Boeing’s rivals (see for details AVIONEWS), one can forecast that the American aerospace company is anyway trying to promote its KC-767 as an alternative solution c...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 108330
Rome, Italy, 11/23/2004 17:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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