Pentagon picks French Co Airbus for $150 Billion Contract

[SindSagar]

Re: Pentagon picks French Co Airbus for $150 Billion Contract

@Faisal

^ SindSagar, can you elaborate on where you got the above info? Any weblink to say that these 179 planes will be built in Europe and 15% of total price will be added in the US.. Thanks.

First, I completely agree that Pentagon giving this contract to Northrop Grumman Corp - EADS will send American Tax Payer Dollars (ATPD) to Europe. True. But if you think that going with Boeing will mean every ATPD stays in the US, you are wrong. High stakes military projects are always global in nature. Both bids had significant global components.

More importantly, please read the whole news Click here for one version]

This bid is based on a modified A330 design. But here is the kicker. All the aiplanes under this bid will be assembled and modified in the USA (Alabama) with some parts made in California.

And here is another news story for you.

French Airbus workers see tanker deal as a threat

Yes I will try to get that info for you…

But if you do the Math…it is allmost all Labour & Tooling cost to Engineer & Manufacture detail parts then build large sections, which Airbus will do in their factories…those tasks take close to 35000 Jobs the remaining 5 to 7 thousand are needed to assemble large sections that will be flown here.

But the only way French Airbus workers would be threatened if US were to bomb France using these Tankers…