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> the Air Force would never accept Airbus-based tankers or AWACS platforms should Boeing go under. Really? Because the Airbus A330 MRTT originally won the KC-X
by throw0101b 4y ago
> the Air Force would never accept Airbus-based tankers or AWACS platforms should Boeing go under.
Really? Because the Airbus A330 MRTT originally won the KC-X competition (before Boeing filed a challenge):
> The USAF issued the KC-X request for proposal in January 2007,[2] then selected the Northrop Grumman/EADS team and their Airbus A330 MRTT-based tankers in February 2008.[3]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X
- H8crilA 4y agoNothing proves my point better than the fact that Airbus won the competition but ultimately this happened: > The Air Force selected Boeing's KC-46 bid on 24 February 2011. PS. purchasers around the world seem to like Airbus' MRTT platforms a lot, they are probably better at the purely technical level.
- Dylan16807 4y agoI don't think that even comes close to proving they wouldn't use Airbus should Boeing go under.