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Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:24
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Airbus and Boeing have both submitted bids for 179 new tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. The contract is worth 230 billion

The order of the tanker aircraft is a lengthy history that has been a series since the early 2000s.

On several previous bid rounds, as well as Boeing, Airbus, resigned with the victory, but the decision was later appealed and torn up. The deal was also a president with Boeing on the case. In the day 11 February, the bidding period for the aircraft out again, and both Airbus and Boeing is having. The transaction is commonly known as the century contract and is primarily worth 230 billion. With additional orders for service may be even greater.

European Airbus will use a modified model of the A330 plane to the task, for reasons of industrial policy to be built in the United States. Boeing will build on the model 767 for tank level task.


 
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