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ST. LOUIS, July 9 (UPI) -- Boeing hand-delivered its bid Friday to be the prime contractor for new Air Force aerial refueling tankers, the company announced.
The Boeing bid on the $35 billion tanker replacement program was submitted to the KC-X program office at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, just one day after competitor EADS North America turned theirs in.
"We are honored to support our U.S. Air Force customer and submit this proposal to meet the critical mission needs of this nation," said Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. "Boeing has more than 60 years of experience developing, manufacturing and supporting tankers for America's warfighters, and we're ready to build the NewGen Tanker now. This revolutionary tanker will deliver widebody capabilities in a narrowbody footprint, operate in any theater or from any base, and -- with the lowest operating cost of any tanker in the competition -- save the Air Force and the American taxpayers billions of dollars."
Boeing says its NewGen tanker -- based on its 767 commercial liner -- would is a widebody, multi-mission aircraft updated with the latest and most advanced technology and capable of meeting or exceeding the Air Force's needs for transport of fuel, cargo, passengers and patients.
It would include state-of-the-art systems to meet mission requirements of the future, including a digital flight deck featuring Boeing 787 Dreamliner electronic displays and a cockpit-design philosophy that places the pilot in command rather than allowing computer software to limit combat maneuverability.
The NewGen Tanker also features an advanced KC-10 boom with an expanded refueling envelope, increased fuel offload rate and fly-by-wire control system.
The platform envisaged by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. is an Airbus A330 tanker that Boeing said is heavier and more costly to operate.
A decision on which company will build 179 aircraft to replace aging Air Force KC-130 tankers won't be made until November.
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