The Pentagon has announced that Boeing‘s bid for the KC-X aerial refueling program beat out the bid of Europe’s EADS.
Boeing’s 767 airliner-based NewGen Tanker design beat out the Airbus A330-based design put forward by EADS.
The Air Force deal, expected to be worth about $35 billion, will cover 175 production aircraft and 4 test platforms over the next 20 years.
The current fleet of Boeing KC-135 and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 refueling aircraft is about 30-40 years old.
