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Washington DC (AFP) Oct 11, 2004 Boeing's top executive said Monday the aerospace giant still hopes to win a contract for new Air Force tanker refueling planes, despite action by Congress killing a controversial lease plan. "If there is a contract for tankers Boeing will get it," Boeing chief executive Harry Stonecipher told reporters in a conference call. "The US Air Force needs tankers, that's clear and the (Boeing) 7E7 is an excellent tanker ... and we will find ways to satisfy" the Pentagon's needs. The comments came just after lawmakers killed a proposal by Boeing to lease, then sell dozens of its 767 tanker jets. The 23-billion-dollar program, which had been approved earlier this year, then suspended, faced criticism as a sweetheart deal for the aerospace company. To make matters worse, a former US Air Force official who was involved in the tanker deal and later went to work for Boeing, Darlene Druyun, admitted violating federal conflict-of-interest rules and was sentenced recently to nine months in prison. The end of the leasing deal could open up competition to Boeing's archrival Airbus, Boeing has already lost substantial commercial market share to the European plane maker. All rights reserved. ¿ 2004 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Aerospace News at SpaceMart.com
Northrop Grumman To Provide New Air Data Inertial Reference Units To Lufthansa
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2006Lufthansa will be one of the first commercial air carriers worldwide to benefit from the latest air data inertial reference units from Northrop Grumman. Inertial reference units provide aircrews with essential aircraft operational data such as aircraft position, velocities, attitude, altitude, air speed and many other parameters. |
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