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EADS North America CEO Blasts ‘Low Price’ Tanker Option

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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

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By Sharon Weinberger PARIS--The head of EADS North America said a potential decision by the Defense Department to award a multibillion dollar contract for aerial refueling tankers based purely on best price would be a "flawed concept." EADS North America CEO and Chairman Ralph Crosby's remarks, made here Saturday at a company-sponsored media seminar, were a preemptive strike against the possibility that the Air Force could go with what is being called the "lowest price technically acceptable" proposal to replace…

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