Re: Airbus tankers for USAF?

  "Tarver Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>"noname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>   As of last week, Lockheed Martin and EADS,
>majority owner of Airbus,
>> were assembling a tanker proposal that would
>give Lockheed a 50% offset,
>> according to the Air Force official. "[Airbus]
>clearly will jump on this
>> as an opportunity to compete not only on subsequent
>buys, but also to
>> take another whack at the first 100 since
>Boeing and the Air Force are
>> arguing over whether there's supposed to be
>one contract or two.
>> [Airbus] will come back with a sweetened deal."
>>
>>
>http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/12013wna.xml
>
>Completing those tankers at Palmdale would draw
>quite a bit of political
>support; Boxer needs to save her job.
>
>
  Yes, but still, the Not Invented Here syndrome kicks in: The AF (and the
rest of DOD) would prefer to buy a product marked "Made in USA" unless there
is no other choice. (B-57 Canberra and AV-8 Harrier are obvious examples)Even
a proposed Tornado Wild Weasel that would've been built at Rockwell International's
Palmdale plant would have run into this problem. 

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