An Italian Air Force 767 aerial tanker conducts a midair refueling of a jet fighter. BoeingFrom the Wall Street Journal:
Competing Boeing and Northrop-Airbus Bids Are Expected in Third Round.
The Air Force on Thursday launched a fresh attempt to buy $40 billion of aerial refueling tankers after two previous efforts collapsed amid controversy.
The politically charged contract to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of tankers -- with an average age of close to 50 years -- will likely garner competing bids from Boeing Co. and a joint Northrop Grumman Corp. and Airbus team. Both were bidders in the previous round, where Boeing successfully protested the award of the contract to the Northrop team in February 2008.
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More News On The USAF Tanker Contest
Air Force won't factor WTO ruling in tanker competition -- Miami Herald Tribune
Boeing, Airbus To Try Again on Tanker -- Business Week
Air Force to Be ‘Crystal Clear’ on Tanker Contract -- Bloomberg
$35B Air Force tanker competition set to reopen -- AP
Pentagon prepares to reopen Air Force refueling tanker bidding process -- Seattle Times
Air tanker contract competition rules ignore WTO ruling, lawmakers say -- McClatchy News
Pentagon in third attempt to award $35bn tanker contract -- Financial Times
FACTBOX-Highlights of Pentagon's aerial tanker criteria -- Reuters