EADS North America were in a "Cannot confirm nor deny" mode at ARSAG when I suggested that the RFP extension meant that the game was back on for the KC-45A.
I got some frosty looks when talking in a stage whisper to a chum about the enormous winglets which Boeing's NoGo Tanker model has now sprouted. "Presumably the latest desperate attempt to solve the KC-767's flutter and buffet issues", quoth I...
Meanwhile, the Italians wait...and wait...and wait.....