Former Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback says the controversy stemming from the Air Force's decision to award a lucrative tanker deal to France-based Airbus instead of Boeing is not over.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is expected to issue a decision in June on Boeing's protest of a $35 billion contract the Pentagon awarded to the parent company of Airbus to replace an aging fleet of Boeing KC-135 aerial refueling tankers. Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), a vocal critic of the deal, says the U.S. should not be awarding a contract to a European company it is currently pursuing a trade complaint against.
Brownback argues that the contract award initiates a trend the U.S. should avoid. "I continue to believe we should not outsource production of this crucial platform. We shouldn't outsource our defense needs or our food needs, and this starts and moves us along that road," he says.
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