Posted on 10/09/2015 2:24:53 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
IIRC after Airbus won it first, and Boeing ask for a redo. Frankly I thought both should have gotten a piece of the action. Airbus had the outsized platform that was limited in places that were large enough to accept it’s size, but it had more capacity. Boeing was the more traditional platform but American. They both had their benefits and negatives, and perhaps a two tanker AF was too expensive. We have on presently. KC-135 and KC-10.
only after they, Boeing, rightfully contested the decision and it was revealed that sensitive information was given to Airbus and not Boeing, thus making it an unfair bidding situation. Then it was also revealed that none of our current military runways would be able to handle the Airbus plane. (2 generation Mac/Boeing family) I know it is not the right thing to do (quoting the NYSlmies), but here is a link and a quote. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/business/25tanker.html?_r=0 Northrop Grumman and EADS then won in 2008, only to have government auditors block the award after Boeing protested that the evaluation had been too subjective. Northrop dropped out last year, prompting the Pentagon to extend the bid deadline to give EADS more time out of concern that Boeing could charge a higher price if it were the only bidder. Boeing had complained that EADS could rely on subsidies from European governments to undercut Boeing’s price or to absorb losses if it won the contract with a low bid. Boeing’s concerns were heightened after a World Trade Organization panel concluded last year that Airbus could not have fielded all its models, including the A330 series, when it did without the subsidies. Boeing’s chief executive, W. James McNerney Jr., had said it would be hard for Boeing to match EADS’s price while still meeting shareholder expectations for a reasonable profit.
only after they, Boeing, rightfully contested the decision and it was revealed that sensitive information was given to Airbus and not Boeing, thus making it an unfair bidding situation. Then it was also revealed that none of our current military runways would be able to handle the Airbus plane. (2 generation Mac/Boeing family)
I know it is not the right thing to do (quoting the NYSlmies), but here is a link and a quote.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/business/25tanker.html?_r=0
Northrop Grumman and EADS then won in 2008, only to have government auditors block the award after Boeing protested that the evaluation had been too subjective. Northrop dropped out last year, prompting the Pentagon to extend the bid deadline to give EADS more time out of concern that Boeing could charge a higher price if it were the only bidder. Boeing had complained that EADS could rely on subsidies from European governments to undercut Boeing’s price or to absorb losses if it won the contract with a low bid. Boeing’s concerns were heightened after a World Trade Organization panel concluded last year that Airbus could not have fielded all its models, including the A330 series, when it did without the subsidies. Boeing’s chief executive, W. James McNerney Jr., had said it would be hard for Boeing to match EADS’s price while still meeting shareholder expectations for a reasonable profit.
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