In case you didn’t see it, yesterday a bipartisan group of senators signed on to a letter by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) calling for the Pentagon’s Inspector General to investigate the incident where the Air Force and sent rivals EADS and Boeing information on each others bids in the $35 billion KC-X contest. Now, EADS […]
The Tanker Tango
Oops. A “substantial” part of the aerial refueling boom aboard an Airbus A330 MRTT tanker built for the Royal Australian Air Force broke off and fell into the Atlantic during a recent flight test. While everyone aboard the (Airbus crewed) tanker and refuelee was ok, a “major part of the boom broke off part-way through […]
Us media types just received a holiday greeting from KC-X contender EADS North America’s press office reminding everyone we’re about to enter the second decade of Air Force’s push to replace its oldest KC-135s. I hope you have a great holiday season. It’s been a pleasure working with you in 2010—and in the years preceding. I […]
What!?!?! Just when we thought this was going to be wrapped up soon, the Air Force has mistakenly given Boeing and EADS information on the other team’s respective bids for KC-X. Read the following from Defense News: “Earlier this month, there was a clerical error that resulted in limited amounts of identical source selection information being […]
People have been speculating for months what impact a Republican takeover in Congress might mean for the KC-X competition. With last night’s Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and a KC-X contract due in the near future I thought I’d ask a few analysts who’ve been watching the contest for years to chime in with their latest. First […]
