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KC-45 Rally in Mobile
July 13, 2010
The people of Mobile, Alabama and the entire Gulf Coast region had reason to celebrate yesterday as EADS North America headlined a rally to officially open its KC-45 tanker headquarters. Read more
Gates Disappointed by Attempts to Discourage U.S. Firms From Joining With EADS North America
June 10, 2010
As the only company in the aerial refueling tanker competition with an airplane flying today and meeting U.S. Air Force requirements, EADS North America is extremely confident in our KC-45 tanker aircraft’s potential to support the American warfighter and 48,000 American jobs…as long as the Defense Department is allowed to hold a fair competition on a level playing field. Read more
The WTO and the New York Times
June 7, 2010
In case you missed it and for your reading pleasure, if you are interested in the heated rhetoric surrounding the KC-X tanker competition and the World Trade Organization . Read more
Obeying the Law, Respecting the Warfighter
May 26, 2010
Let us be clear. EADS North America and its subsidiaries are not involved in any trade with Iran. The allegations against the company by Boeing are false. EADS scrupulously abides by the laws and regulations that govern the sale of our products – which include U.S. export control laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Read more
EADS North America KC-45: The Real Tanker
May 25, 2010
When companies get desperate, they do desperate things. The Boeing ad campaign has pivoted. No longer content to show concept art portraying what its U.S. tanker might one day look like if it ever gets built, Boeing today suggests in a full page Washington Post ad that EADS North America is actually the company that doesn’t have a working tanker – while showing our tanker in flight, refueling an F-16.Read more
The Boeing Bill: Episode 2
May 13, 2010
As part of what aviation analyst Scott Hamilton describes as “the strangest marketing campaign we’ve ever seen”, a bill will be introduced today in Congress that is designed to rob the warfighter of competitive choice and force a de facto sole source award to Boeing. Effectively a $35 billion earmark for Boeing, the legislation addresses a wide range of issues except the most important one: Ensuring the warfighter can choose the most capable tanker to meet its requirements.Read more
Real Tanker News: The Boeing Bill
May 12, 2010
“We listen to our customer. It is not our job to tell our customer what the warfighter needs.”
In defense procurement you’ll often hear that said, because that is the mission of the defense industry – to serve the warfighter. Read more
Real Tanker News: Rallies vs. Real Tankers
May 11, 2010
Supporters of Boeing’s bid in the KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition have been invited to Capitol Hill this morning for a Boeing tanker rally. If you attend you’ll see a great deal of information about Boeing but what you won’t see is any evidence at all that Boeing has a tanker that is responsive to the Air Force KC-X Request for Proposals. Read more
