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Under the headline, U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet showing its age, writer Molly McMillin of the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle shared a story Sunday about the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers and the $35 billion contract battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman that has immense national security implications.
At the same [...]
Tanker Contract Must Be National Security Priority
May 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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Air Force Tanker Competition Begins Anew
July 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 after the Pentagon’s original awarding of a $35 [...]
Tags: · aerial refueling tanker competition, Air Force, boeing, defense department, defense secretary robert gates, eads, european aeronautic defence and space company, kc-135, kc-x, next-generation aerial refueling aircraft, northrop grumman, Pentagon, robert gates, tanker competition, tankers
Blogger Agrees with Union on Air Force Tanker
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s not often that this blogger agrees with labor union officials, but today I find myself in agreement with the International Association of Machinists on the matter of the Pentagon’s questionable awarding of a contract to to Northrop Grumman/EADS Airbus for delivery of the Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling aircraft.
Below is the text of an [...]
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Military Leaders Call for Review of Tanker Deal
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
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 published here. Today, I offer another update in [...]
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Boeing Continues Protest of Tanker Contract
May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The KC-767 Advanced Tanker developed by Boeing was sized to meet the aerial refueling requirements of the U.S. Air Force’s mission and exceeded performance requirements to replace the aging, yet storied fleet of KC-135 medium tankers (see photo above), according to a Boeing news release today.
Despite the fact that the stated parameters for evaluating the [...]
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