The U.S. Air Force tanker contest has been the topic of several stories coming out of the Farnborough Airshow being held this week outside London, England.
Boeing gave a presentation and showed a new video on its NewGen 767 tanker.
Overall, media and analysts say Boeing didn’t reveal much new information about its tanker offering even though the Chicago-based aerospace company submitted its bid to the Air Force for the $35 billion contract July 9. During their briefing, Boeing officials didn’t even say which 767 their tanker will be based on.
EADS brought a boom operator and a pilot to help promote their tanker, based on an Airbus A330 jet. EADS is the parent company of Airbus.
Analyst Scott Hamilton, with Leeham Co., called EADS’ presentation “highly effective.”
Here’s a video with the pilot and boom operator, both served in the U.S. Air Force:
Earlier this week, Boeing’s CEO called the tanker contest a ‘price shootout’ in this WSJ article.
Today, EADS North America’s chief told Reuters that the company will look to expand its presence in the United States regardless of whether it wins or loses the tanker contest.
Lastly, Sam Jones, the mayor of Mobile, Ala., is at the Farnborough Airshow this week to promote his town, the site where EADS would assemble its tanker.
Jones tells CNN: ‘I’m confident we’ll win the competition again. I think Boeing believes that.’ (about 1:35 minutes into the video):
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