Reuters news service late Monday reported that EADS has decided it will go it alone to bid for the KC-X tanker contract, quoting “sources familiar with the matter.” The Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian official, William Lynn, said late last week that time was running out for EADS to respond to DOD’s offer to extend the bidding period. Northrop Grumman in March backed out of the KC-X contest for which it had teamed with EADS. Reportedly EADS had been trying to interest L-3 in a KC-X partnership, but that didn’t pan out.
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…