Our government is always ready to save the jobs of foreign nationals.
The press is making it sound like the U.S. awarded this contract to France. There are any number of reasons why that charge is complete BS. Only parts of it will be made in France. Most of the cost of each aircraft is wrapped up in what goes INTO the aircraft, not the aircraft itself and all of that is PURE Northrop Grumman product, built in America and installed on the aircraft in Mobile, Alabama. Besides, the wings and tail surfaces of Boeing’s 767 are built in Italy and China respectively. There is no longer any such thing as an “American” car or a “Japanese car”. Those days are over. If you buy a Chrysler minivan like we have, it might have been made in Canada. If you buy a Honda, it was almost certainly built in Tenessee. If you buy a Mercedes, it was probably built in Georgia. It is now a global economy and that is NOT a bad thing for us because we can compete with anyone.
42% of the Project will be EU.
http://www.northropgrumman.com/kc30/operations/section.html
We could have almost doubled the amount of jobs for US Citizens had it been a US project.
Currently one USD = .065% of a EURO and sliding.
So much for the “ A weak dollar makes US goods a better deal”.
Shouldn’t the goal be getting the best platform to the Air Force in the shortest time at the best possible price rather than using the defense budget as a subsidy for local employment?