While the final decision hasn’t yet been announced, it appears the
Pentagon may want French aerospace workers – not Americans – to build
the next generation of aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.
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Reaction was swift to remarks this week by Washington Republican Senate
candidate Dino Rossi, who told editors of the Tacoma News-Tribune on
Monday that
he saw no reason for including the subsidy issue in the Pentagon’s tanker evaluation.
Airbus parent company EADS ( European Aeronautic Defence and Space
Company) announced this week it will compete without a U.S. partner to
build the next generation of aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air
Force. Airbus/EADS previously dropped out of the tanker competition and
said it would not bid without a U.S. partner.