[AFreeBird]

Gee, and the Boeing gets grief for the stuff they’ve done, yet the EU subsidizes airbus, so they can undercut the American company.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Airbust should not even be considered eligible to bid on this contract or any other contract where the military is concerned.

[rawhide]

It seems to me many the reputable miltary analysis say Airbus offers the much better deal, but this will probably come down as a political/US economic deal, if you ask me?

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Ping

[Oztrich Boy]

is this 10% below the former EADS $35B bid, or 10% below the $40B Boeing would like the bid to be?

[pnh102]

Why in the world is a foreign company even in the running for a US defense contract? While it might be more costly to have the work done in the US, by all means it should be! US taxpayers who support US defense should be paying for jobs in the US!

What's next? Should we have the military buy Chinese-made weapons because they are cheaper?

[sphinx]

When is the decision due? I can’t imagine the democrats want to head into an already difficult election with Team Zero having just sent a big and highly visible chunk of the defense industrial base, and thousands of jobs, to Europe.

[oldmomster]

Why don’t we have congress just meet in europe from now on - it would save money on flights there and back, and treasury could just wire funds to them