USAF receives three KC-X proposals but Antonov team faces obstacles

摘要

The US Air Force's KC-X tanker contest is likely to remain a face-off between the Boeing KC-767 NewGen Tanker and EADS North America KC-45, with surprise late bidder US Aerospace acknowledging that it faces long odds to secure a deal.rnThe air force's evaluation team may decide that Antonov is an "unacceptable" subcontractor for a KC-X bid, says California-based US Aerospace, which signed a security co-operation pact with the Ukrainian company on 1 July.