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Article: Foreign-Content Issue Overblown In Air Force Tanker Contest, Says KC-30 Head.
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- Defense Daily International
- Article date:
- September 21, 2007
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The issue of foreign-supplied parts for the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling platform, the KC-X, is overblown and misunderstood, says the leader of one of the industry teams competing for the rights to supply the aircraft.
"We think the issue of foreign supply base should be taken off the table," Paul Meyer, Northrop Grumman [NOC] vice president and general manager of the company's KC-30 tanker program, told reporters Tuesday during a presentation in Washington, D.C. "It is not an issue in the RFP," he continued, referring to the Air Force's KC-X request for proposal that was issued in January (Defense Daily, January 31). Similarly, he said, ...