Despite pleas from Congress members representing Boeing-heavy states, Pentagon and Air Force officials have declined to factor the WTO ruling into the tanker request for proposals, noting that the decision is not final and a European counter-claim is still pending. "This month's interim ruling from the World Trade Organization shows that Airbus illegally benefited from European Union subsidies when developing its aircraft ... The Pentagon should add costs back to the Airbus tanker proposal to account for these subsidies and prevent the company from undercutting its competitors." The Northrop-EADS team offer a much larger aircraft, based on the Airbus A330, than Boeing for similar costs in the previous tanker competition, Brownback said. Full Article at Seattle Post Intelligencer