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US to reopen Boeing-Airbus bidding war over refuellers
The US Air Force is set to reopen a bidding war between Boeing and arch-rival Airbus over the replacement of its ageing fleet of refuelling aircraft essential to Washington's ability to project power beyond its borders. (news.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Boeing is a shell of what it once was thanks to beancounters replacing skilled engineers and production personnel.
Just like what happened to Hewlett-Packard.
B787 refueler aircraft?
they can't even get the currently awarded bird in the air, reliably - and they are already worried about the next one?
meanwhile - the 135 keeps on keeping on.
meanwhile - the 135 keeps on keeping on.
Because the KC-135/707 was designed and built by Boeing engineers, not former McD accountants.
Boeing still can't deliver a plane that can refuel all the Air Force fleet. Our Airmen and women do not need to have their missions cut short because of its limitations. The 707-KC135s are very old but able to service every aircraft in the fleet.
The Northrop Grumman/Airbus GE powered alternative was to be built in Mobile Al. That's now the home of the A220 another aircraft Boeing fought and lost the battle for.
The announcement suggesting the contract is up for grabs is window dressing. Politics killed the Northrop-Grumman Air Force product and also the US Navy product. I can't imagine Northrop Grumman bidding on the next batch of KC46.
All the Airforce needs is an aircraft that can do what the Taxpayer paid for and the Air Force badly needs.