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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has won a lucrative contract to provide the US with 179 aerial refuelling tankers.
Boeing and European rival EADS had been competing for almost a decade for the $35bn (£21.6bn) US Air Force contract.
During that time both the US and the European Union have reported each other's companies to the WTO, alleging illegal subsidies. And over the past decade two previous attempts to choose a contractor have failed. The USAF is replacing its current fleet of KC-135 Stratotanker tankers, some of which date back to the 1950s.
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said there had been a careful and thorough selection process.
Now EADS has 10 days to file a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the arm of Congress which deals with federal contract disputes, should it object to the decision.
The GAO would then need to make a decision within 100 days. If it stands, the Boeing decision is good news for Washington state and Kansas, where much tanker work will be done.
Washington state senator, Patty Murray, swiftly welcomed the news.
"Today's long-awaited decision by the Pentagon is the right one for our military, our taxpayers and our nation's aerospace workers," she said in a statement.
Boeing and European rival EADS had been competing for almost a decade for the $35bn (£21.6bn) US Air Force contract.
During that time both the US and the European Union have reported each other's companies to the WTO, alleging illegal subsidies. And over the past decade two previous attempts to choose a contractor have failed. The USAF is replacing its current fleet of KC-135 Stratotanker tankers, some of which date back to the 1950s.
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said there had been a careful and thorough selection process.
Now EADS has 10 days to file a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the arm of Congress which deals with federal contract disputes, should it object to the decision.
The GAO would then need to make a decision within 100 days. If it stands, the Boeing decision is good news for Washington state and Kansas, where much tanker work will be done.
Washington state senator, Patty Murray, swiftly welcomed the news.
"Today's long-awaited decision by the Pentagon is the right one for our military, our taxpayers and our nation's aerospace workers," she said in a statement.
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