EADS new bid for the USAF Contract

The European defense contractor EADS, a new bid must be delivered by tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force presented. Archrival Boeing, the offer is expected that the Pentagon will soon be delivered. The contract, which has been delayed for a long time, is worth $ 35 billion (EUR 23 billion).

Previously postponed a long-running World Trade Organization (WTO) investigation of whether Boeing receives illegal subsidies from the U.S. government for its decision on the matter. Both the U.S. and the European Union, the other companies have reported to the WTO, alleging illegal subsidies. The WTO has already ruled – at the end of June – that the EU paid illegal subsidies to EADS subsidiary Airbus.

The EU and Airbus criticized the delay of the Boeing decision. “The time span between this case and the United States support for action against Airbus is … in the course of six years of this dispute was executed and the gap is now almost a year has increased,” the EU executive Commission said.