A Boeing-backed study says the Air Force tanker contract could create 71,000 jobs — and politicians seized on the number despite its implausibility.

The KC-30 is the tanker that offers just that — the largest fuel payload and longest range, and the ability to provide maximum fuel forward with the smallest support footprint (aircrews ...

The tanker jobs study was done by Sonecon LLC, a private consultancy headed by Robert Shapiro, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs from 1997 to 2001.

More than 100 tanker drivers have been made redundant after the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery filed for insolvency. Axis Logistics, the main delivery firm for the refinery in North Lincolnshire, went ...

Now not only does the city stand to possibly lose the 7,500 direct and indirect aviation jobs that the refueling tanker work entailed, but the remaining jobs at the Boeing plant.

Some days, an aircraft wants to be more than just a troop transport. The Bell Boeing V-22 program is now trying out the tilt-rotor Osprey to see how it might fare as a flying gas station.

If President Obama really intends to “win the future,” his administration should hand a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to Boeing, several lawmakers said on Thursday. “A win for the ...

Boeing and Airbus are competing for a major Air Force contract to build air refueling tankers. The competition has been public, political and nasty. And the stakes are high — a contract worth up ...

FARNBOROUGH, England -- The V-22 Osprey's program manager and his counterparts with Bell and Boeing have some high-tech aspirations for the future of their iconic -- and controversial -- tiltrotor.

New rules from Petraeus – Tanker contest SNAFU – SASC approves 4,500 names – Jobs bill for vets moving? – The Onion on DHS preparedness By JEN DIMASCIO and GORDON LUBOLD 08/05/2010 06:10 ...