context: Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. ( EADS ) have unexpectedly defeated Boeing for a US $ 40 billion ( GB # 20.1 billion ) contract to supply the United States Air Force ( USAF ) with 179 new aerial refueling tankers at a rate of 15 a year .
hypothesis: The defeating did not happen