An analyst noted for his knowledge of military contracts has published a brief on the Airbus vs. Boeing tanker bids. His analysis: Airbus won the deal decisively, with Boeing competitive in only one of the five key aspects of the deal.
:arrow: Tanker Competition: Northrop Won By a Wide Margin [Lexington Institute]
:arrow: Boeing lost air tanker deal decisively - analyst [Reuters, via The Guardian]
It sounds to me that Boeing assumed the Pentagon would never go with Airbus in a million years and they tried to get away with hobbling together an updated design using old parts without doing any major R&D.
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