EADS IN NEW DRIVE TO WIN US$35 BN CONTRACT.

Redoubling its efforts to beat Boeing for a US$35 billion contract from the US Air Force, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) has added a former top US official to its team. Sean O'Keefe, former head of NASA and secretary of the US Navy, was announced, on 20 October, as EADS North America's new chief executive officer. Current CEO Ralph Crosby stays on and will focus purely on netting the KC-45 refuelling tanker contract for...

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