Source: EADS seeking new tanker-bid partner

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/03/airforce_DN_031210_eads_tanker_partner_web/

The Air Force's $35 billion KC-X competition may not end up being a sole-source competition. It appears that EADS is looking to buy time to find a new partner to bid in the fight against tanker rival Boeing.

"We're hearing that EADS has approached DoD and asked for an extension to the tanker bid submittal deadline," one congressional aide said today.

The deadline is in mid-May.