European aerospace giant EADS may submit a new offer to supply the US air force with tanker jets if revised Pentagon tender rules give it a fair chance of success, the firm said on Friday. Copyright 2010 AFP Global Edition
The fourth A400M fuselage is being loaded on board an Airbus Beluga plane at the Airbus manufacturing site in Bremen, northern Germany, on Friday, March 12, 2010. The fuselage of the novel military airlifter will be delivered to the manufacturing site in ...
The Pentagon on Thursday said it might extend a deadline for bids for a new aerial refueling tanker after Airbus parent EADS signalled it could return to the competition. After having been notified by EADS of its possible interest, the Defense Department ...
EADS plans a 'medium-sized' acquisition in the US with view to more defense contracts The CEO of European plane maker EADS said Thursday that his company is looking for a "medium-sized" acquisition in the U.S. following a failed bid for a $35 ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS <EAD.PA> has received no word of any changes to a contest to supply aerial refueling tankers to the United States, the head of Airbus Military said on Monday. A source familiar with Pentagon thinking said on ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy criticised the United States on Friday over bidding rules for a tanker jet contract, saying it was not the way for Washington to treat its European allies. British premier Gordon Brown added he was "disappointed" at the changing ...
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday the Pentagon will drive a hard bargain with Boeing on a contract for a new aerial refuelling tanker after Airbus parent EADS dropped out of the competition. "I wish that we had had a ...
Report: Airbus arm, engine consortium seek millions from each other in dispute over delays A German newspaper reports that Airbus' military arm and the engine-making consortium for the A400M transporter plane are seeking hundreds of millions of euros from each other in ...
United Airlines signs firm order for 25 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft United Airlines has made a firm order for 25 of Airbus' A350 extra-wide bodied jets, fulfilling a commitment signed in December, the European aircraft manufacturer said Wednesday. Deliveries of the 314-seat ...
EADS reports loss on cost overruns for military and commercial planes programs Airbus parent company EADS NV reported Tuesday that spiraling costs on its military transport plane and its A380 superjumbo pushed it into the red and warned that both programs will ...
