Bastards....Air Force Found Boeing Tanker More Capable

[rsmith6621]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Pentagon awarded a $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and the parent company of Airbus even though the Air Force's own evaluators found the Boeing Co.'s proposed aerial refueling tanker superior in at least two key areas, Boeing officials said Thursday.

A review of Pentagon files by The Boeing Co. revealed that Air Force evaluators found the Boeing KC-767 advanced tanker offered more mission capability and a better chance of surviving combat than the larger KC-30 tanker proposed by Northrop and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.

The two aerospace firms were competing for the aerial tanker contract, which ultimately could be worth up to $100 billion over the coming years.


http://www.komotv.com/news/17266159.html


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I wonder how many French $$$$ went into someones pocket.........Sad when America Hates America....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. They had a Northrop Grumman exec on NPR yesterday trying to explain this.

He sounded like one of those tobacco company executives testifying before congress about how smoking is good for you.

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

2. Right lets give everyone 1200 this year

instead of keeping thousand of Americans in high paying jobs...

Building these places *is* economic stimulus..

[Stinky The Clown]

3. What ever happened to "Buy American"?

Bush did this with the Marine One presidential helicopter fleet, which had ***always*** been all American Sikorsky's, built in Connecticut. Now they're some French/American hybrid, tacked-together-to-get-the-contract, bullshit company.

I fucking HATE Repubicans

[lpbk2713]

4. The truth will start to leak out after January 2009.

You can count on it.