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Gates: troppo costoso dividere il programma tanker KC-X

Fort Rucker, Stati Uniti - Boeing e Northrop Grumman/Eads sono in competizione per il contratto

Il ministro della difesa americano Robert Gates ha dichiarato presso la base di Fort Rucker, Alabama, che sarebbe troppo costoso dividere il programma per il nuovo tanker delle forze aeree (Usaf) KC-X tra i due concorrenti Boeing e Northrup Grumman/Eads: si passerebbe da 7 a 14 miliardi di dollari. "Non abbiamo bisogno - ha detto Gates - dei doppi costi di manutenzione, logistici e di addestramento...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103002
Roma, Italia, 04/16/2009 17:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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