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Subject: EADS and the tanker competition
reefdiver    10/27/2006 12:42:42 PM
Will a Russian company's purchase of a chunk of EADS stock along with talk and denial of Russia buying a larger stake in EADS affect the US air tanker purchase decision?

Some random notes:
* EADS is hot to resume sales to China. Congress won't like this either.

* Boeing just announced its first airbore test extending its new boom for the KC-767. In other words - they're flying today with over 400 hours on the aircraft.

* Boeings 767 production line could be turned over almost entirely to KC-767 assembly. EADS will start from scratch in the US.

* The EADS KC-30 proposal includes both boom and dual wing mounted drogue system which could be an advantage. I haven't noted the drogue on the KC-767.
 
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ArtyEngineer       10/27/2006 12:48:37 PM
EADS hasnt got a hope of breaking into the US market, well, at least not without a major US partner. 
 
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reefdiver       10/28/2006 1:57:05 PM

EADS hasnt got a hope of breaking into the US market, well, at least not without a major US partner. 


Probably hard to get a better partner than Northrup Grumman (except LM) or a better aircraf than the A-330 aircraft.  EADS is already strategically planning plants and industrial partners spread across the US (and thus across as many Congressmen as possible).  Its shaping up to be a heck of a "war".  I'm just curious to see if EADS Russia connection and possible resumption of sales to China will kill the tanker deal for EADS or not.
 
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