"Any discussion needs to address both direct support, as granted by European governments to Airbus in the form of loans, and indirectsupport, as provided by the US government to Boeing, " an EC spokeswoman said.
The federal government may well step in to provide indirectsupport to the states through municipal bond guarantees for issuers who otherwise couldn't sell more debt, which may postpone into future years some of the grief building up.
The ITV is also an important component of the Expeditionary Fire Support System, which allows a mobile mortar system to provide long-range indirect fire support to infantry forces as part of the Marine Corps' "Ship to Objective Maneuver" doctrine.