Sean O'Keefe CEO of EADS NA is already stating that Airbus strength lies in the fact that a lot of risk in the KC-45 has been mitigated during the protracted KC-X Acquisition program through flight development of the A330 MRTT, meanwhile Boeing are publicly whining about illegal subsidies and how Airbus can accept more financial risk than they can, therefore the competition is unfair.. boo hoo. I just get the distinct impression that EADS are taking the approach that the US DoD laid out the acqusition criteria to favour Boeing, but they are going to take those very criteria and stick them somewhere shaded and uncomfortable at the US DoD.. Good luck to them
