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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...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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.
i knew that boeing would have got it over airbus
Well, keep in mind that the DOD did go Northrop Grumman/EADS with the KC-X tanker contract, until Boeing cried foul with the bids, causing the DoD to restart the bidding process for the contract.
So the presidential aircraft project could easily have gone NG/EADS/Airbus. But here we are.
So the presidential aircraft project could easily have gone NG/EADS/Airbus. But here we are.
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!