Boeing Wins $35 Billion Air Force Tanker Program on Third Try
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Boeing Co., the sole supplier of aerial refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force since 1948, beat European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. for a $35 billion program to build 179 new tankers, the Pentagon said yesterday.
It was the Chicago-based company’s third try at the contract since Congress and the Air Force first proposed the tanker replacement program in late 2001 -- a contest in which Boeing was viewed as an underdog, said an analyst.