Tanker RFP Includes Some Changes (KC-X)

Aviation Week ^ | Feb 24, 2010 | Amy Butler

[Oztrich Boy]

The AF abitrarily added cost to Boeing’s bid for risk. The GAO found a math error in the AF numbers and the Boeing bid was actually the lower bid.

February 13, 2007 WASHINGTON — Boeing on Monday announced a newly designed KC-767 as its proposed aircraft for a $40 billion Air Force contest to replace 179 refueling planes.

Oct. 28, 2007 Despite a scandal related to a tanker deal that sent two Boeing officials to jail two years ago, the Chicago company has been favored to win the $40-billion award for the fuel-carrying tankers.

It seems that Seattle/Chicago was assuming they would get $40 billion until the details of the Northrop-Grumman bid was leaked to them at the end of 2007

[VOA]

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[Waverunner]

Try Titanium on the A10 - Designed to shrug off 23MM AA rounds. McDonnell Douglas got the machines from Fairchild and moved them to Canada, When Boeing bought MCD, they closed MDCAN and moved the technology back south.

EADS is a European conglomerate, not an American company at all. Northrup Grumman is just pimping for them.The US Govt. has failed to complete a major airframe contract to initial bid numbers ( you know the ones that development costs are spread over) on a major airframe in 30 years - Hence the 70 million plus F22, buying 180, bid numbers based on 740 aircraft, ect.. The DOD will end up overpaying on the tankers, the bulk of the overpayment will end up as administrative charges at EADS. We need to keep manufacturing jobs in the US, Not in Europe. BTW any technology transferred to Europe will be sold to China.

[Yo-Yo]

Try Titanium on the A10 - Designed to shrug off 23MM AA rounds.

Wow. You think the A-10's wings are made of titanium? I have no response for that level of knowledge.