To: andyk
Yes, they are, and they just announced their U.S. assembly plant location as Mobile, Al for A330 tankers in case they win. We shall see if they win the contract or not.
Boeing has already build a 767 based KC-330 (Talk about your coincidences in numbering!) and delvered it to Italy right after the Paris Airshow. Has EADS built a tanker of their A330, or are they starting from scratch in the tanker business?
6 posted on
06/30/2005 12:48:22 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
To: Yo-Yo
Oops, the Boeing tanker is the K-767. My faux pau.
8 posted on
06/30/2005 1:05:26 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
To: Yo-Yo
I'm pretty sure the EADS version is still on the drawing board, but they have some orders from a couple European countries. Boeing has a small order from Italy like you said, and another small order from Japan.
The big advantage that Boeing has, besides being an American company, is that the KC767 is ready for production on the 767 factory line. EADS has to build that factory in Alabama if they win the contract.
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