EADS CEO bullish on winning US tanker contract

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - EADS is confident it can win all, or a large part, of a multibillion-dollar contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with tanker planes, one of the European aerospace company's co-chiefs said on Monday.

Even a minority share of a tanker deal, potentially worth $100 billion over 30 years, would be a huge step for EADS, owner of most of plane maker Airbus, as it tries to break into the lucrative U.S. defense market, and mark a victory against U.S. rival Boeing Co.

"If we can, we want to take it all, that's for sure," said Thomas Enders, EADS co-chief executive, at a meeting with reporters in New York. "If the (Airbus) A330 is pitted against the (Boeing) 767, we are pretty confident that we have a better aircraft."

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