EADS sounds out suppliers as it nears US bid decision

Article reports that EADS, the Franco-German aerospace and defence group, was sounding out potential US suppliers in early April 2010 as it neared a decision on whether to re-enter the multibillion-dollar competition to supply air-to-air refuelling tankers to the US air force.

ESO: Background information: Europe cries foul over US defence tender http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-cries-foul-over-us-defence-tender/

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