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$5.91 billion per minute

$5.91 billion per minute

Posted 18 August 2010 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: business development, proposals, transportation | No Comments

When you’re submitting a bid to replace the KC-X aerial refueling tanker at $29.55 billion for 179 airplanes, every second counts. Literally and figuratively. Unfortunately when your bid is 5 minutes late and is disqualified, it works out to $5.91 billion per minute. That’s what allegedly happened to Los Angeles-based US Aerospace and its Ukrainian [...]