The KC-30 will be assembled in Mobile, Ala., and create or support more than 25,000 U.S. jobs. It will be built by a world-class industrial team led by Northrop Grumman, and includes EADS North America, General Electric Aviation and Sargent Fletcher.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/07/mil-070731-northrop-grumman01.htm
Assemblies will be transported from White Flag Waiving France and assembled by the SUB contractor NG.
I can’t wait to see the fallout from this. Just imagine if the Europeans decide to cancel purchases of F-35s, F-18s, F-16s, C-130s, E-2s, AH-64s etc and maybe rethink their orders for Boing’s new 787 in favor of domestically built weapons systems.
What a joke!
No, Airbus said once the factory is in place that they will move the entire A330F line to Mobile.
And if these “assemblies” are made in France, transported here for final assembly then why the need for hundreds of manufacturers in over 40 states here in the U.S. that are making everything from wings to complete fuselage sections?
Actually the assemblies will be transported from UK, Germany, Spain.
France will have only 8% share of the Northrop-EADS KC-45A. Reason: All the assembly work will be transfered From France to Alabama (and the US keeps the supply of Engines, missile defences,etc)
If you want to screw France, buy the Airbus.