EADS won’t turn its nose up at the prospect of splitting a $35 billion contract with the Boeing Co. to provide the U.S. Air Force with tankers, the company’s chief executive told The New York Times.
EADS, the parent company of Airbus, has partnered up with L.A.-based Northrop Grumman to offer the Air Force its KC-30 aerial refueling tanker.
Boeing likely will offer its KC-767 when the Pentagon begins again its efforts to replace the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 – a quest that started more than seven years ago.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates opposes a split buy but several members of Congress are pushing for it.
Meanwhile, Airbus, Boeing’s commercial jet rival, says European governments should step in and provide financing for airplane deliveries, in this Wall Street Journal story.
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