US Air Force Tanker: Back to tender

[Ash W]

The BBC news has reported that the US Air Force tanker order has been forced back to tender, with the tender this time being overviewd by the Pentagon, rather than the Air Force as before. The news was reporting the favourite to win now is Boeing as national interest and US jobs security was one of the 8 reasons or so that has forced the re-tender. Result expected to be known by the end of the year.

Personally I don't think this decision is good for anyone except for Boeing. Considering the Northrop/EADS winning bid was for planes to be built in the US the reasoning of US job security seems lame.