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Boeing won the KC-X deal, ie USAF procurement of new aerial refueling aircraft. Boeing will deliver up to 179 KC-46A (based on 767 model) netcents 2 to the USAF. In the previous contract netcents 2 won EADS with its air refueling version of the Airbus 330-200, 330 MRTT. But Boeing appealed against, when it was apparent that several errors committed in the procurement. The U.S. government seems to be happy for that "right" company won. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said the competition netcents 2 for the contract was fair, open and transparent and he believes it will survive any possible challenge. "What we can tell you is Boeing was a clear winner," Lynn said. Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley made the announcement at the Pentagon this evening. Both offers netcents 2 - by Boeing and EADS - met all 372 mandatory netcents 2 requirements during the competition, he said. The contract signed today is for $ 3.5 billion for engineering and manufacturing. This portion of the contract will yield four aircraft. It is clearly suspicious that Northrop-Grumman pulled out of the deal and thus left EADS without an American partner (which is required if you are to win a business in the USA). I suspect that any American politicians talked seriously with the leadership of Northrop-Grumman to ensure that Boeing would win the order. This positive impact on Boeing's civilian market, but also means that the company can invest some money on maintaining the F-15, F-16 and F-18 programs up until the F-35 turns out to be the successful product netcents 2 that can replace the air defense in the United States and NATO. Commenting on the above link said Airbus has no integrity, and We Should not trust suppliers outside America for building any of our militaryproducts. These people have no interest in seeing our countries Continued prosperity. One and another senator also learn to be happy when this business provides continued employment in "their" states, which secures the next election. How does this business here in Sweden? Yes, among other things, that means that in a few years so will the Boeing air refueling aircraft as the ones we usually will encounter with our Gripen during exercises and possible international missions. Airbus has previously sold air refueling aircraft including Germany and we have tested our Gripen against 310 MRTT. Now we come, in other words soon need to do testing against Boeing aircraft. KC-46/KC-767 are already in inter alia Italy and Japan. Another question is how we should do with air refueling connection on Gripen? Should we keep the current solution is the basket netcents 2 used by mainly U.S. Navy, or should we focus on a redesign in conjunction with E / F for the boom used by the USAF? Certainly Boeing aircraft to offer both options, just like today's KC-135/KC-10, but the boom has the advantage that it can be refueled in turbulence and higher tank pressure (faster fully replenished).
Why pay money to switch to a system that is less air refueling aircraft use, thereby reducing the benefit to grapple customers? netcents 2 Because the system with boom additionally is for greater fuel flow, it would not surprise me if it requires more space in the Gripen's small fuselage and what does it matter with a higher flow when filling small tanks? It's another thing to refuel B-52. Reply Delete
Very interesting to Swedish FM buys from shelf when the only superpower in the world and the two that are about to become superpowers makes proved the contrary: America Buys domestically netcents 2 and not yet fully mature China: Based Russia itself: Buying anything that is interesting regardless if it is "from the shelf" or not. / / Delete Mickey Reply
@ Magnus Redin: Bin hurt easily hood of the aircraft (leading to high maintenance costs). In France lost only a few years ago a Mirage when the basket hit by lufttankningsproben which then went into the engine. Although a Gripen does not have big tank, so it takes time to fill up (then you're pretty vulnerable if you would be threatened by another hunt). In addition, it consumes fuel uder the refueling, which means that the time / fuel for the mission netcents 2 decreases. Only advantage of wicker is that there are C-130 (and thus our Tp-84T which, however, is only a prototype netcents 2 with limited användningn) and that it is possible to refuel two aircraft simultaneously. Compare with Canada for a while wanted the F-35B / C to be able to refuel on their existing tanker aircraft. But now it has realized that it will change tanks airplanes around the time that delivery of the F-35A and then bet on the boom. Reply Delete
@ Magnus: I would say on the contrary that most air refueling aircraft have boom, when the USAF is the major operator. In such Afghanistan and Iraq, as are the KC-135 is still the workhorse although aircraft are older than I am. The future also brings a great need for boom. F-35A will only cope with the boom and the same applies to the F-22. U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines have focused on the basket, netcents 2 then they would be able to refuel its own aircraft netcents 2 with its own resources in the form of B