Leaders from 35 states showed up in DC for a sales pitch from European airplane maker Airbus. The Fench-based parent company -- European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company -- wants to build a $600 million plant here in the states. And even states with close ties to Airbus' biggest rival, Boeing, had people there for the pitch.
Boeing lost a bid to lease refueling tankers to the Air Force amid a major scandal recently.
Airbus has jumped into the bidding to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of tankers. Having a plant in the US could increase Airbus' ability to compete for military contracts. Military buying rules require a certain percentage of a plane be built in the US. But Lockheed recently won a bid to replace the President's personal fleet of helicopters with a model built largely in Italy. (LAT)
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