. >>> next on this week in defense news, the ceo of eads north america talks about the tanker bid.nd the industrial policy chief. >>> now this week in defense news with vago muradian. >> good morning, welcome to this week in defense news. what is the future of the u.s. defense industrial base? we will get inside view from the policy chief. first, after criticizing the u.s. air force's $35 billion tanker contract, eads decided it will compete on its own to replace aging refueling planes. we have sean o'keefe, he's former pentagon comp troller and nasa administrator. we're honored to have you. >> nice to be here. >> your company accused the pentagon of tilting this competition in favor of boeing. you lost your north american partners integral to your win, and northrup grumman is that not bidding with you this time around. what happened? >> this was not a criticism of the department. they changed the parameters of what they were asking for. the last time around they asked for air refueling modernization effort. give me the best capabilities you got, give me all the aspects of not only