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  • McCain on defensive over Air Force tanker contract (EADS/Airbus v. Boeing brouhaha)

    06/23/2008 12:29:53 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 53 replies · 367+ views
    IHT ^ | 6/23/08 | Reuters
    WASHINGTON: John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is fending off charges that he pushed the U.S. Air Force into a faulty $35 billion deal for midair refueling planes. Democrats weighed in after the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan arm of Congress, found last week that the air force had made "significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what was a close competition" between Boeing and a combination of Northrop Grumman and European Aerospace & Defense Systems, or EADS, which was awarded the contract. The Democratic National Committee accused McCain of "mimicking" EADS, the corporate parent of Airbus,...
  • Boeing wins key round in Air Force tanker protest

    06/18/2008 11:08:11 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 81 replies · 1,310+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | June 18, 2008
    <p>WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have granted Boeing's protest of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman Corp. and Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.</p>