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Outsourcing US Defense

As regular readers know, a major piece of controversy over the prospect of awarding the KC-X contract to EADS North America is the assertion that this will outsource US defense procurement to a foreign company. We’ve noted in… Read More

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 Posted on December 13, 2010 by Scott Hamilton

 air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, EADS

     air force tanker, Airbus, Boeing, EADS, KC-X, National Defense magazine

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