EADS North America Launches Website Featuring the Only KC-X Tanker Entrant Flying Today
ARLINGTON, VA -- 04/23/10 -- EADS North America has launched
www.kc-45now.com, a new website detailing why the American-made KC-45 aerial refueler is the clear choice to meet the U.S. Air Force's 21st Century tanker requirements. The new site features video and photography of the KC-45 tanker in flight conducting refueling operations, as well as facts and information about the aerial refueling system.
EADS North America announced this week it will offer its KC-45 for the Air Force's tanker modernization competition. The KC-45 is the only tanker in the competition that is in production and flying today. If selected by the Air Force, the KC-45 will be built at a new production facility in Mobile, Alabama, and will be supported by more than 200 suppliers across the country. The facility also will build commercial freighters, creating or supporting tens of thousands of American jobs.
EADS North America's KC-45 is the U.S. military version of EADS' proven A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), which has been selected over Boeing tankers in five consecutive head-to-head competitions. To date, 28 of these aircraft have been ordered by U.S. allies around the world. The A330 MRTT has transferred more than 265,000 lbs. of fuel to a range of military aircraft -- from F-16 and F/A-18 fighters to the E-3 AWACS -- using the same proven refueling systems offered on the KC-45. The new web site,
KC45now.com, includes video and photos of those refueling operations, as well as a virtual tour of the cockpit.
Pentagon denies easing security for EADS tanker bid
WASHINGTON, April 23 - The U.S. Defense Department rejected on Friday any suggestion that it had eased security so that Europe's EADS could go head-to-head against Boeing Co for a potential $50 billion U.S. Air Force aerial-refueling plane contract. The department "is not waiving or relaxing security requirements in the RFP (request for proposal)," said Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell. "The allegation that we did this to favor EADS is absurd."..............