Airbus submits bid for US military mega-project: "European aerospace giant Airbus on Thursday submitted its bid for a 40-billion-dollar US military contract also eyed by bitter rival Boeing.
Hoping to snare the contract 'of the century,' executives from Airbus's parent firm EADS said their 8,819-page bidding document was submitted ahead of a Friday deadline.
The winning firm will build 179 aerial refueling tankers for the US Air Force."
