Actually, Boeing first won the tanker tender by cheating, what lead to the firing of their CFO and the resignation of their CEO
The re-run of the tender was awarded by the USAF to Northtrop-Airbus’ KC-45 but Boeing lobbied to have the Congress re-run a tender with revised clauses, leaving the USAF out of the process – what led the USAF to try and live with the unsatisfactory KC-46 and extend the life of their KC-135
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