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Boeing wins contract to build new Air Force One presidential jets
Boeing Co (BA.N) has won a contract to start preliminary work on a new fleet of Air Force One presidential aircraft based on its 747-8 jumbo jet, the Pentagon said on Friday.....No real surprises here as I doubt anyone would have thought the DOD would use Airbus. (uk.reuters.com) Más...
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As far as I know Airbus did not even put in a bid.
For the VC25 project, no, they did not put in a bid. For the KC-X competition, they did, and were rewarded it:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/03/10/daily17.html?ana=from_rss
Boeing cried foul over it, protested it, to where the KC-X competition was reopened, which Boeing re-bid, which NG/EADS cried foul over the subsidies that Boeing receives, to where they protested by refusing to enter a bid for the project.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/03/10/daily17.html?ana=from_rss
Boeing cried foul over it, protested it, to where the KC-X competition was reopened, which Boeing re-bid, which NG/EADS cried foul over the subsidies that Boeing receives, to where they protested by refusing to enter a bid for the project.
Thanks for the clarification!
In thirty years, the President is going to have to down size his requirements to two engines.
Agreed... Time to saving the fuel and costly.
So the presidential aircraft project could easily have gone NG/EADS/Airbus. But here we are.