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Airbus, Lockheed Martin Team To Pursue Future Aerial Tanker Work

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

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Airbus, Lockheed Martin Team To Pursue Future Aerial Tanker Work

Airbus and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue U.S. defense aerial refueling opportunities.This new effort comes years after Boeing [BA] beat Airbus to win the KC-46A Pegasus tanker for the U.S. Air Force. Previously, Airbus was working with Northrop Grumman to offer its model for the tanker in a previous iteration of the tanker competition.Now Airbus and Lockheed Martin said they will cooperate to provide aerial refueling services, focused around the Airbus A330…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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