Reuters | Boeing Co. accused Europe’s EADS of having sought to do business with Iran, sharpening their campaign for a potential $50 billion U.S. Air Force refueling plane contract.
EADS North America’s parent company “continues to do business with countries that are not friendly to the United States,” Timothy Keating, Boeing’s vice president of government operations, told a small group of reporters.
He cited what he called an EADS effort to market one or more of its products at an air show in Tehran.
Along with other Boeing executives, he urged U.S. officials to factor national security into the competition to acquire a new fleet of Air Force tankers, used to refuel warplanes during flight.
