détail à suivre : l’AIRBUS A 330 est la base du contrat des avions de ravitaillement de l’Air Force : il avait gagné le contrat, mais à été débouté suite à une plainte de Boeing.

pour l’instant ,je n’en pense rien de plus.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE54K3N720090521

Two previous Air Force attempts to buy new tankers have failed. The first try, rooted in the post-September 11 collapse of the commercial airliner market, fell apart amid a procurement scandal that sent two Boeing executives, one of them a former Air Force arms buyer, to prison for ethics violations.

Northrop and its European partner, Airbus parent EADS, won a second competition in February 2008, but it was canceled after federal auditors upheld the Boeing challenge.

Gates has said he wants to launch a new, winner-take-all competition this summer and award a contract early next year.

nouvelle compétition "cet été"... avec un handicap .. ????