So said Boeing when they lost the contract to supply the USAF with a new fleet of refuelling tankers and the contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman to be based on plane supplied by Airbus.
However, Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary has now cancelled the contract as it appears many US politicians were upset at the contract not being awarded to Boeing. Suddenly, so the so called champions of Free Trade, is not!
It now seems that the procurement will be run again in January 2009 after the new administration has taken office. I’m sure of course, that this will be run as a fair comparison and Northrop/Airbus will stand an equal chance of winning again. I hope so for the numerous European jobs that will be depending on this deal.
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