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EADS NA will not protest USAF's aerial refuelling tanker plane selection

Arlington, Usa - Assigned to Boeing

EADS North America (NA) announced last Friday that it will not protest the US Air Force’s selection of the Boeing offering in the competition to replace the service's aging fleet of KC-135 aerial refuelling airplane tankers. The company expressed appreciation to the Air Force for running a competition consistent with the rules set out in its Request for Proposal. EADS NA’s analysis determined tha...

fra/pec - 1126611
Rome, Italy, 03/07/2011 19:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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