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		<title>Air Force Preparing for Slip to KC-X Award?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are now reports that the U.S. Air Force may slip the announcement of a winner of the KC-X contract until the end of the year. The last planned date was the middle of November. This was a slight slip as the original goal was to have work start on that date. Now it could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/09/08/air-force-preparing-for-slip-to-kc-x-award/</link>
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		<title>First Protest Filed for KC-X Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been plenty of expectations that the loser of the latest KC-X competition would file a protest. Boeing (BA) was able to overturn the award to Northrop Grumman (NOC) and EADS (EADS:P) in 2008 when the Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld its protest of that contract. Now there has already been a protest of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/08/04/first-protest-filed-for-kc-x-competition/</link>
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		<title>Amid Annoncing Orders Boeing and EADS Snipe About KC-X</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The two civil airliner giants both attended the Farnborough Air Show with Boeing (BA) conducting the first overseas flight of the new 787 and EADS (EADS:P) sending an A380. Both companies announced substantial orders from a variety of airlines and leasing agents while also taking the time to criticize their opposition&#8217;s bids for the KC-X [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/20/amid-annoncing-orders-boeing-and-eads-snipe-about-kc-x/</link>
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		<title>Alabama Remains Supportive of EADS North America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bob Riley (R-AL) made a speech yesterday to the Economic Development Association of Alabama at which he discussed upcoming industries moving to Alabama. He stressed his administration&#8217;s continuing efforts to move large manufacturing facilities to the state. Riley will leave office this year due to term limits. He is hoping that EADS North America [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/13/alabama-remains-supportive-of-eads-north-america/</link>
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		<title>Can U.S. Aerospace and Antonov Win?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The KC-X new aerial tanker program Request for Proposals (RFP) attracted a third bid this time around. U.S. Aerospace submitted one based on the Ukrainian made Antonov transport. The question that immediately comes to mind is can this team win, or will it be Boeing (BA) or EADS (EADS:P)? Realistically the chances of this bid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/12/can-u-s-aerospace-and-antonov-win/</link>
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		<title>Boeing and Antonov Follow EADS and Submit KC-X Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing (BA) submitted their proposal for the KC-X aerial tanker program a day after rival EADS (EADS:P) did. Today was the day it was formally due, EADS coming in a little early. The Boeing proposal stresses their cost and size benefits over competing EADS with their larger A330 based aircraft. Boeing is basing their bid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/09/boeing-and-antonov-follow-eads-and-submit-kc-x-proposals/</link>
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		<title>EADS North America Turns in Proposal Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EADS North America, the American subsidiary of EADS (EADS:P), turned in their proposal for the KC-X aerial tanker today to the U.S. Air Force. This represents their second attempt to win the program and the Air Force&#8217;s third try. EADS North America will base their program on a modified Airbus A330 transport aircraft. As with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/08/eads-north-america-turns-in-proposal-today/</link>
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		<title>Antonov Team Request Delay in Proposal Deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported last week U.S. Aerospace and Antonov intend to submit a proposal to the Air Force for the KC-X aerial tanker. Because the actual proposals are due this week supposedly the new team will ask for a sixty day delay to accommodate them. The deadline has already been moved once from June to July [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/08/antonov-team-request-delay-in-proposal-deadline/</link>
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		<title>Russians to Bid for KC-X?  US Aerospace Says Yes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update &#8212; Antonov is now a Ukrainian company, but in the days of the Former Soviet Union it made transports and utility aircraft for the &#8220;Russian&#8221; military, civil air companies and Warsaw Pact nations. My bad for being old school. It came out today that there will be a third bidder for the Air Force&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/02/russians-to-bid-for-kc-x-us-aerospace-says-yes/</link>
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		<title>Defense Procurement News Post on WTO Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an article I wrote at our sister site, Defense Procurement News, about the WTO subsidies report and the KC-X contract.]]></description>
		<link>http://kc-xtankernews.com/2010/07/01/defense-procurement-news-post-on-wto-report/</link>
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