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A Ukrainian competitor for Airbus in the US tanker market

(BRUSSELS2) There will indeed be a third competitor for the call for tenders for American tanker planes which has pitted Boeing and Airbus against each other since 2001. The Ukrainian Antonov thus confirmed, on October 4, that it would participate in the call for tenders launched by the Pentagon relating to the acquisition of 179 tanker aircraft for the US Air Force, according to the Ria Novosti agency. The deadline has been extended, indicated the CEO of the Ukrainian company associated for the occasion with US Aerospace.

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).