Read more EADS stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14122/eads.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:00:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35506/boeing-threatens-to-ditch-air-force-tanker-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoeing has warned the Pentagon it will pull out of the new bidding to build a fleet of air tankers unless it gets an extra four months to prepare a bid, the Wall Street Journal reports. A Boeing pullout would leave the Air Force with no competition for a $35...http://www.newser.com/story/35506/boeing-threatens-to-ditch-air-force-tanker-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 4:27:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21333/mccain-sucked-into-boeing-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain is being dragged into the feud between Boeing and the Air Force, reports AP . A firm headed by McCain's campaign finance chairman, Tom Loeffler, was paid $220,000 to lobby on behalf of the Airbus, the successful European rival to Boeing's 767 fuel tanker. McCain had helped block...http://www.newser.com/story/21333/mccain-sucked-into-boeing-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Mar 2008 4:30:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21231/boeing-to-appeal-40b-contract.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoeing vowed today to appeal a controversial $40 billion contract to build refueling tankers for the Air Force, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Our team has taken a very close look at the tanker decision and found serious flaws in the process," Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said. The Air Force...http://www.newser.com/story/21231/boeing-to-appeal-40b-contract.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Mar 2008 20:09:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21170/airbus-was-intrepid-boeing-arrogant-on-tanker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAirbus won the Air Force's $35 billion contract for aerial refueling aircraft not only with a more competitive tanker, the New York Times reports, but by competing more aggressively. The French company, partnered with Northrup Grumman, built on spec a new plane-to-plane fuel boom and demonstrated it, while Boeing promised...http://www.newser.com/story/21170/airbus-was-intrepid-boeing-arrogant-on-tanker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Mar 2008 13:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20557/us-euro-alliance-landed-air-force-deal-for-airbus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYears of careful strategy and an alliance between executives was the key to Airbus nailing a $40 billion deal to build Air Force planes, reports the Wall Street Journal . The Pentagon’s decision last week is “a transformational shift in the way weapons systems are acquired. It’s an acknowledgment that globalization...http://www.newser.com/story/20557/us-euro-alliance-landed-air-force-deal-for-airbus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 4:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13252/airbus-vw-may-open-us-plants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe dollar’s continued weakness against the euro has European companies such as Airbus and VW looking to move production to the US, reports Der Spiegel. “We don’t have a choice,” said the CEO of Aribus parent company EADS. If Airbus wins a contract to supply the US Air Force with...http://www.newser.com/story/13252/airbus-vw-may-open-us-plants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Dec 2007 16:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/8807/airbus-execs-accused-of-insider-trading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAccusations of "massive" insider trading by Airbus executives and shareholders have exploded into full-out political scandal. French investigators have learned that 21 top executives and two big shareholders in EADS, the Franco-German consortium that owns the airplane company, cashed in stocks shortly before Airbus announced a June, 2006, production delay...http://www.newser.com/story/8807/airbus-execs-accused-of-insider-trading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Oct 2007 9:05:37 CDT