[Hoodat]

This is the same Boeing that is based in Chicago, right?

[agere_contra]

This is the tender that Airbus won, and Boeing got its paid congressmen to get them a do-over.

And now they are the only ones left, and Gates is promising a ‘tough deal’.

Yeah right. I expect these tankers will end up costing the same as Frigates.

[Yo-Yo]

Northrop Grumman-EADS have already announced that they were prepared to bid a unit cost of $184 million per aircraft including development costs, which is in line with their previous bid.

Boeing had better uncercut that price.