Affairs
Americas Briefing

View from Washington

Preface

By 9 July, the European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company (EADS) will show how badly it wants to win a $50bn (€37bn) contract to produce 179 aerial-refuelling tankers (above) for the US Air Force. At this point, the so-called KC-X tanker itself might as well be mythical.

Credits

Writer: Sasha Issenberg



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