The news is out that they are going to do a rebid on only the 8 items. The rebid will be overseen by the DOD, not the Air Force. I can’t supply a link since I can’t find one not from the AP.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jegxwbqt5_giD6MDibdaa-4ibc9Q
And there is bad news for Boeing:
“GEnx offered for future A330s”
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/07/25/208087/farnborough-genx-offered-for-future-a330s.html
General Electric is floating the idea of offering the GEnx to power future derivatives of the A330, including the -200F freighter and tanker variants.
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Brisken adds: “There's no intent for Airbus to do that, but it does offer significant advantages, and if 13% fuel burn means anything to the customers, I'm sure there could be interest.”