Boeing beats EADS to US Air Force KC-X tanker award

摘要

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Boeing over rival EADS as the winner of a multibillion dollar competition to build the US Air Force's (USAF's) next-generation aerial refuelling tanker. Pentagon and USAF officials chose Boeing for the KC-X contract to build 179 tankers at a cost of more than USD30 billion after determining that both companies met the baseline criteria but that Boeing had a cheaper bid overall. "Boeing was a clear winner," said Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn at a 24 February Pentagon press conference.