Boeing is preparing to offer either the 777 or the 767 airframes when it rebids the U.S. tanker contest, the company said June 15.
So, Boeing are saying that they can't identify which of their aircraft might better meet the specification? That's one reason why Airbus lost to the 767 for the Italian Air Force - the customer was expected to choose which of the proposed Airbus solutions would meet the specification. To which the customer repsonded "Well, if they haven't bothered to identify the better solution, they obviously aren't taking us seriously...."
3 years to develop a 777 tanker? Who would ever believe that, given that Boeing still hasn't flown a KC-767A, only warmed-over 767-200s for the JSDF and, perhaps one day, the Italian AF. And as for the 7-late-7 airliner...
And what does the 'A' stand for in 'KC-7A7? ARSE!! The Boeing KC-7
arse7!
Meanwhile the A330MRTT continues to develop well for both the KC-30A and FSTA programmes (the first 'FSTA' flew last week) and the A310MRTT is in service with both customers....