EADS Supports Bid For KC-X
Filed under: Alabama, Boeing, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, Syndicated Industry News
It is being reported by various sources that EADS is pressuring Northrop Grumman to go ahead and submit a bid for the new KC-X RFP. Northrop had informed the Government that they planned not to if the terms were not significantly changed. They felt the RFP was favoring Boeing’s cheaper, smaller KC-767 aircraft.
The final RFP came out two weeks ago and still no word from Northrop that they will go ahead and submit something in May. EADS obviously would like another chance to win the contest after they lost the last one to Boeing’s protest in 2008. The $35 billion would go a long way to make up for the lost A400M revenue.
Split Buy Again?
Filed under: Boeing, Congress, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Northrop Grumman Corp., Syndicated Industry News
One of the solutions that has been mooted to solve the KC-X issue is to buy aircraft from both Boeing (BA) and EADS (EADS.P). This would certainly eliminate many of the issues around the source selection. The Defense Department and Air Force have not supported this idea in the past due to the logistical costs related to operating two dissimilar aircraft. Of course the problem the Air Force faces is that the KC-30 and KC-767 are too dissimilar.
Some in Congress and in the industry suggested the split buy last Summer and now it has been raised again. If Northrop Grumman (NOC) does refuse to submit a bid then the contest is on hold unless there is the will to do a sole source contract again. The split buy would solve that issue and keep Northrop playing.
We will have to see how this plays out.
Coming to a Theater Near You…the Boeing KC-7A7
Filed under: Boeing, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Syndicated Industry News
We are very proud of our 80-year tanker heritage at Boeing. But it’s also very important to show you what the future of air refueling could be. While we have highly capable KC-767 tankers flying in operational squadrons in Japan today and in the future in Italy, it's time we provide a glimpse of our 'family of tankers' operating together.
That’s why we’re thrilled to show you our new video...
When global reach and mission success is critical, the combat-ready KC-7A7 is ready to deliver maximum capability at lowest cost...all on day one.
Enjoy!
Italian KC-767 tanker slips
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Italy, Military Aviation, U.S. Air Force, logistics, production program
Boeing will face financial penalties from Italy as delivery of their KC-767 tankers have slipped 36 months. Originally planned for a 2005 delivery the first won’t be ready until late 2008. Issues with the pod holding the drogue refueling system and also meeting some of the Italian specific requirements that are set higher then the FAA’s have caused the delays. This will not help with the Boeing bid on the USAF new tanker.
See Bloomberg.com for more.
Boeing’s KC-767 Advanced Tanker Video
Last week, we gave you Northrop Grumman’s tanker advertisement. This week, also courtesy of YouTube, we give you a video of Boeing’s KC-767 tanker in action.
Boeing and KC-45 in turmoil
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
After meeting with DoD and the US Air Force to discuss the new tanker RFP due to the GAO upholding their protest, Boeing is now saying that without significantly more time to prepare a proposal they may have to drop out. The new schedule is for the Boeing and Northrop Grumman teams to submit by the end of October with a decision before the new calendar year. Boeing is saying that they may need to bid a larger aircraft then the KC-767 proposed last time due to the fuel capacity and range requirements. A variant of the 777 would have to be used. Boeing supposedly is asking for a more then 180 day delay in the submissions. EADS and Northrop Grumman will most likely submit a tweaked version of their original winning proposal.
For more see The Wichita Business Journal and WashingtonPost.com.
Global Warming favors Boeing
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Promotions, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, development program, logistics, production program
According to this article a Washington Democratic Congressman wants to introduce legislation that requires the DoD to evaluate the “green house gas” emissions when awarding defense contracts. If this had been done as part of the KC-45 award, then Boeing would have won as nominally the KC-767 emits less harmful gases then the larger A330. Read more
Reaction to the KC-X award
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
Here are some links that are commenting on the win by Northrop Grumman and EADS.
http://www.aero-news.net/ – KC-45A Wins Deal Over Boeing’s KC-767 Note: I think no matter what aircraft was chosen it would be called the KC-45A.
Wichita, KS News on MSNBC – Key phrase from Sen Roberts of KS: “”I am deeply troubled by the Air Force’s decision to award the KC-X tanker to a French company that has never built a tanker in its history. We should have an American tanker built by an American company with American workers. I can not believe we would create French jobs in place of Kansas jobs.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – “Tanker award caps tumultuous period” – Good round up of the history of the KC-X program.
Leeham Company LLC Analysis by Scott Hamilton – “Boeing will be out of the tanker business for the next 20-40 years if it loses the KC-45A
award, its spokesman predicted, which helps explain why Boeing is fighting so hard to win the competition.”
Oh yeah, how they feel at Northrop Grummand and EADS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX5oqEfAydg
Boeing reported as submitting last KC-X proposal
Filed under: Boeing, Proposal, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, production program
Reported here that Boeing submitted their latest, and last, proposal for the KC-X tanker requirement. Boeing had proposed a 767 based solution in the past, but had also mooted a 777 version as well. Competition comes from Airbus, which submitted a variant of the A340 for this RFP. The tanker replacement program has been controversial since 2002, when originally the Air Force planned to just lease 100 or so 767’s to replace the aging KC-135. That idea was rejected by Congress and led to the current competition.
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