Brussels, 09/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 9 March, Karel De Gucht expressed the European Commission's regret at the decision of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus/EADS and its American partner company Northrop-Grumman not to submit a bid for the US Department of Defense contract for the US Air Force's aerial refuelling tanker programme, at the same time drawing attention to possible bias in the terms of the contract. “It is highly regrettable that a major potential supplier...