The photo shows a tank of the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman. In addition to Boeing and EADS is now a mix of Russian manufacturers at the invitation of the U.S. government for new tanker aircraft. Source: Reuters
HB MOSCOW / MUNICH. The Russian consortium of United Aircraft Corp (UAC), working together with a U.S. partner company to such an offer, "said lawyer John Kirkland, who represents the Russian-American join venture in the U.S.. He confirmed that a report by the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday. "They have been working for over a year to the offer. If the competition is fair, UAC will win it," said Kirkland. To which U.S. partner is involved, should be announced on Monday. The company is listed.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had discussed the offer on Friday during her visit to Moscow with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, said further Kirkland. The UAC consortium, which is partly owned by the Russian government, would offer a tanker version of the Ilyushin Il-machine of the type-98. The tanker aircraft to be built mostly in Russia, and assembled in the USA, berichetete the Wall Street Journal.
Despite continuing doubts about the equal opportunity to tender now consider again EADS an application for the job. For new signals from Washington, the European parent of Airbus announced on Friday to examine the possibility of a listing. However, the group was cautious. The U.S. Defense Department said that although his interest in an offer, signaling a necessary extension of time. EADS But fear remains that the tender of its U.S. rival Boeing favoritism.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced an extension of time to draw into consideration. EADS I indicated to want to have 90 days more time. Almost two weeks had the Airbus parent company and its U.S. partner Northrop Grumman withdrawn from the bidding because they are against Boeing felt at a disadvantage.
The tender is already the third attempt to award the contract to build 179 tanker aircraft, initially valued at up to 50 billion U.S. dollars. Originally, Boeing machine building. As with the procurement, however, blew up one of the largest procurement scandals of the United States, the decision was reversed. In the second call came in February 2008, and Northrop EADS with a version of the A330 to the train. After protests from Boeing But the Pentagon said the job again.
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