Boeing WINS dogfight for new U.S. tanker (images)

The U.S. Air Force has named winner of hotly contested to build its next generation tanker aircraft: Boeing. Under the agreement signed yesterday, the American aerospace giant will get $ 3.5 billion for beginners, and for this amount should provide four planes. In the end, though, Boeing is going to bring in $ 30 billion for the manufacture of 179 tankers, to be designated the KC-46A.

This artist's Rendering from Boeing shows what it was called the NewGen tanker bomber B-2 Spirit stealth of refuelling