U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers during a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing March 25 that he was just informed he has received a letter from EADS. Gates said he was expecting the company to request additional time to put together a bid in the $35 billion KC-X tanker competition.
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from News From DefenseNews.com
by JOHN REED
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on Mar 25, 2010, 4:44PM