Britain favours EADS-led consortium for aircraft deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Britain lined up the EADS-led European AirTanker consortium for a 13.0-billion-pound (18.8-billion-euro, 25.0-billion-dollar) deal to build refuelling aircraft for the Royal Air Force, threatening Boeing's virtual monopoly of the market.

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Posted February 28, 2005

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