Hamburg - European aerospace concern EADS has threatened to withdraw from the bidding for a 35-billion-dollar contract for new US air tankers after the Pentagon halted the competition, the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
"We will only submit a bid if we are sure we will have a fair chance," the weekly quoted a senior EADS manager as saying.
The US Defence Department on Wednesday cancelled the competition that pitted Airbus maker EADS against US rival Boeing, leaving a decision to the new US administration that takes office in January 2009.
Analysts quoted by Der Spiegel said the move would benefit EADS' rival, which has a chance to reenter the bidding with a new tanker aircraft with a larger fuel capacity.
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New York, Sept. 14 : In what can be described as its most hardest hitting criticism of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, the New York Times has said in an editorial that his decision to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, is “shockingly irresponsible”.
Houston - Hurricane Ike continued battering northern regions of Texas with 145-kilometre-an-hour winds Saturday, even as residents of the coast and Houston started a cautious survey of the damage after the storm had moved through.
