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KC-767 to benefit from 787 "surge" line
Key points: The ability to increase production rates to sell more 767s in the coming years; Lower production costs, which will be built into the KC-X bid in the hot competition with the expected North… more →
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KC-767 to benefit from 787 "surge" line
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leehamnet wrote 5 days ago: Key points: The ability to increase production rates to sell more 767s in the coming years; Lower pr … more →
Tanker DRFP may violate law: former procurement official
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leehamnet wrote 2 weeks ago: Inside Defense, a subscription-only publication, today reported that a former defense procurement of … more →
Prediction: Boeing offers KC-767
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leehamnet wrote 2 weeks ago: Update: Defense News just published this article detailing the continuing problems Boeing has with t … more →
Boeing gets scolded by workers, key customer
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bryancorliss wrote 3 weeks ago: Boeing’s South Carolina boondoggle will double the costs of developing the 787, and the time a … more →
Updating the KC-X competition
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leehamnet wrote 3 weeks ago: Update: The Mobile Press Register has this story saying that the USAF won’t include the WTO di … more →
In other news: Northrop hints at exiting KC-X competition
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leehamnet wrote 1 month ago: We were waiting for this: see this story. … more →
Boeing "leaning" toward KC-767
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leehamnet wrote 1 month ago: Boeing is “leaning” toward offering the KC-767 to the US Air Force in the KC-X competiti … more →
KC-X tanker DRFP released
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leehamnet wrote 2 months ago: Update, September 28: DOD Buzz reports Boeing is going to offer two bids, one each for the KC-767 an … more →
DOD Tanker Briefing
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leehamnet wrote 2 months ago: Updates: Here is a running update of the Pentagon briefing to reporters, 4pm EDT, 24 Sept. William L … more →
Refueling Dr. Strangelove
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leehamnet wrote 2 months ago: The Draft Request for Proposal for Round 3 of the KC-X tanker competition isn’t even out yet a … more →
Boeing kicks off tanker campaign
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leehamnet wrote 2 months ago: Update, Sept. 17: While looking for something else we came across this old item from Forbes magazine … more →
WTO rules prevent exclusion of Airbus in tanker bid
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leehamnet wrote 2 months ago: Update, Sept. 10: When the WTO Interim Report finding Airbus violated certain rules against certain … more →
Trying to make sense of WTO ruling
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leehamnet wrote 2 months ago: This Reuters report tries to make sense of the conflicting claims by the EU and Americans over who w … more →
Former defense official favors split tanker buy
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leehamnet wrote 3 months ago: George Talbot of The Mobile Press-Register has an article about John Lehman, a former defense offici … more →
USAF Cadets work on tanker fuel burn reduction, and other things
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leehamnet wrote 3 months ago: US Air Force Cadets are designing wing refinements for the aging fleet of Boeing KC-135R tankers to … more →
EADS Earnings Preview
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leehamnet wrote 4 months ago: EADS, parent of Airbus, announces its 2Q09-1H09 earnings July 28. Here are some topics that ought to … more →
And now a word on the tanker
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leehamnet wrote 4 months ago: Let’s take a diversion from Boeing’s Soap Opera over the 787 Line 2 and will-they-stay-o … more →
Boeing KC-7A7 tanker briefing
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leehamnet wrote 5 months ago: This is the fourth in a series of reports from the EADS media day and the Paris Air Show. We will be … more →
KC-777 ready to go?
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leehamnet wrote 5 months ago: Update, 6:00PM Paris Time: By now readers probably have seen the news from the Air Show on this topi … more →
