KC-X Tanker Decision Is Expected Next Month

A KC-135 Stratotanker from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, refuels a pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons during a multinational exercise over the Baltic States, April 7, 2009. The Stratotankers from RAF Mildenhall feature the "Box D" tail marking, dating back to World War II. (UPI Photo/Jerry Fleshman/US Air Force)

EADS: KC-X Tanker To Be Awarded Next Month -- UPI

PARIS, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- European defense giant EADS expects the Pentagon to award the $35 billion KC-X tanker contract as early as next month.

"The contract award … was to have been around the middle of November last year. It has moved toward next month," EADS North America Chief Executive Officer Sean O'Keefe said Wednesday in Paris, citing information from the U.S. Defense Department.

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. is in a fierce competition with U.S. arch-rival Boeing for the contract to outfit the U.S. Air Force with 179 in-flight refueling tankers.

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