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Boeing
Statement on Release of KC-X Tanker Draft Request for Proposal |
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ARLINGTON,
Va., Sept. 25, 2009 -- The Boeing Company today received the Draft Request
for Proposal document for the KC-X Tanker competition from the U.S.
Air Force, and released the following statement:
"Our next step is to conduct a detailed review of the document. We want to understand how requirements will be defined and prioritized and how the proposals will be evaluated. That information will help us decide which plane to offer or whether to offer both planes. We appreciate that there will be frequent, open discussion with the U.S. Air Force as we go forward. Both the Air Force and the American taxpayer will benefit from the tanker options we can offer. Boeing has a KC-7A7 'family of tankers' available to meet the warfighter's requirements. Whether it's the agile, flexible 767-based tanker or the large 777-based tanker, Boeing will deliver a combat-ready tanker with maximum capability at the lowest cost." More information on the KC-7A7 is available at www.unitedstatestanker.com. # # # --------------------------------- KC-X is the name of the United States Air Force program to procure its next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft. This aircraft is intended to replace some of the older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The United States Air Force announced on 29 February 2008 that Northrop Grumman and EADS was selected as the company who will build the new tankers with their modified Airbus A330 design, to be designated the KC-45A. This contract is for 179 new tankers and would have been worth an estimated US$40 billion. On 18 June 2008, the U.S. Government Accountability Office sustained a protest by Boeing on the award of the contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS. On 9 July 2008, the Defense Secretary Robert Gates reopened the bidding process, but canceled the current KC-X solicitation on 10 September 2008. On September 24, 2009, the USAF began the first steps to accept new bids, with a clearer set of criteria, including reducing the number of requirements from 800 to 373 in an attempt to simplify the process. The Pentagon press on the draft RFP to replace the Air Force's aging KC-135R tanker fleet. The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker was the first jet powered aerial refueling tanker of the US Air Force, replacing the KC-97 Stratotanker. Similar in design to the later and enlarged Boeing 707 airliner, it was initially tasked to refuel strategic bombers, but was used extensively in the Vietnam war and later conflicts such as Desert Storm to extend the range and endurance of both Air Force and Navy tactical fighters and bombers. Serving
with the United States Air Force since 1957, it is one of just six military
aircraft with over 50 years of continuous service with the original
service along with the Tupolev Tu-95, the C-130 Hercules, the B-52 Stratofortress,
and the Lockheed U-2. Supplemented by the larger KC-10, complete replacement
by aircraft based on the Boeing 767 and KC-30 are still under study
by the Air Force. Despite increased maintenance costs, studies conclude
many of the aircraft could be flown until 2040, with ages reaching 80
years before reaching lifetime flying hour limits.
Eventually
the KC-135s will retire along the way by 3 stages
United States Air Force operated 505 KC-135 aircraft as of September 2007 (199 active duty, 80 reserve, and 226 guard). According to DOD news dated April 15, 2009 report shows that, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is committed to moving forward on the re-bid for the Air Force’s KC-X tanker as quickly as possible. On June 9, 2009, He stated that he wants to ensure that it is a fair, open, and transparent process. September 16, 2009 DOD report shows that He is pleased to announce that source selection authority is returning to the Air Force for the KC-X refueling tanker and the Air Force is committed to the integrity of the selection process. On the other side, the tax payers want to make sure that unfair subsidies must be judged and take serious consideration for the global world trade center harmonized balance and fair economic trade in which will make the money market to grow for world bank and keeping suppliers and partners in line as the world market circulates what it's should be even if the world bank is already crashed. It makes sense to start fresh again without the subsidies and let the finance bank grow in order to keep the economic circulates instead of freezing the bank with subsidies like Airbus has been for 37 years and more. Once
the KC-X accepted by the Boeing, more than 12,000 unemployees will be
able to going back to work what they should and will be able to pay
their tax pay to the Government to recover the economic and improve
the nation and balance the global economic with the suppliers and partners
all around the world. Many suppliers and partners are waiting to pick
up Boeing KC-X. According to the request for consultations from the United States, measures by the EC and the member States provide subsidies that are inconsistent with their obligations under the SCM Agreement and GATT 1994. The measures include: the provision of financing for design and development to Airbus companies (“launch aid”); the provision of grants and government-provided goods and services to develop, expand, and upgrade Airbus manufacturing sites for the development and production of the Airbus A380; the provision of loans on preferential terms; the assumption and forgiveness of debt resulting from launch and other large civil aircraft production and development financing; the provision of equity infusions and grants; the provision of research and development loans and grants in support of large civil aircraft development, directly for the benefit of Airbus, and any other measures involving a financial contribution to the Airbus companies. The subsidies in question include those relating to the entire family of Airbus products (A300 through the A380)(2) The Boeing Company has more than 77 years of experience since they have built the aerial refueling transport. On September, 25th, 2009, Air Force Secretary Donley said the newest KC-135R entered the Air Force in 1964. The first production model of whatever aircraft is selected would enter the force in 2015 with an initial operating capability set for 2017. Donley said the defense and Air Force teams reviewed the 808 requirements the old RFP had. "We conducted extensive reviews of the requirements, eliminating duplication, refining definitions, combining where appropriate and ensuring all requirements were measurable," Air Force Secretary Donley said. The draft RFP has 373 mandatory requirements. Still there is some value in non-mandatory capabilities, and Donley said the team identified 93 of these added-value capabilities and assigned points to them. The defense officials said they want to make the selection process as objective as possible. The RFP spells out exactly what warfighting capabilities are needed, but also details what efficiencies are desired, said Undersecretary Carter. To test warfighting effectiveness, evaluators fly each of the offeror's aircraft against he Integrated Fleet Aerial Refueling Assessment model, Carter said. The model posits a situation where the United States is executing several major war plans simultaneously, and tanker demand is at a peak. The model will answer the question of how many tanker aircraft are needed to execute these real-world war plans. But there is another consideration: The cost of ownership, Carter said. "These are the elements, of the life-cycle cost of the tanker, that are under the control of the offerors and which therefore can fairly be used to discriminate the offerors," he said. "The vendors do determine the aircraft design, which in turn determines how much fuel they will burn, over the next 40 years, carrying out the day-to-day tasks."
Military construction projects needed to accommodate the aircraft are
also taken under consideration, he said. Costs to adjust hangars, ramps,
taxiways and runways for the aircraft will be taken into account. "So
both wartime effectiveness and peacetime efficiency we will assess for
each aircraft," Carter said. "We will 'dollarize' those assessments
and in dollar terms adjust the bid prices."
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