Airbus, which is said to be teaming up with Sweden’s Saab to offer an alternative
After the A400M would the MoD want to take the risk? - or Airbus wiling to sign a contract giving
them all the risk and costs of any problems and slippage.
I believe the bill to Boeing over KC-47 delays and problems is now over $3B (yes, that’s billions), but at least they hope to claw that back over a production run of 180-500 aircraft, depending on KC-X and KC-Y procurement decisions.