Air Force could delay tanker decision

Published 7:58 am Thursday, August 16, 2007

Just last week, as Boeing rallied behind its KC-767 tanker, we found out that the U.S. Air Force wouldn’t decide the winner of its $40 billion contract until December.

That was a change from the agency’s initial estimate of October.

However, Bloomberg reports that the Air Force now says it won’t make its mind up until December at the earliest .

The Air Force is pushing both the Boeing Co. and its chief competitors, the duo Northrop Grumman and EADS, to offer a fixed price for the the first 80 tankers.

Boeing has orders to keep its 767 commercial line going here in Everett until 2012.