Boeing CEO still sees 767 used for tanker

FARNBOROUGH (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) will use its 767 airliner as the basis for its entry into the re-run of the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion aerial refueling tanker competition as long as the requirements for the aircraft are not changed, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

The Pentagon is restarting the competition for the tanker contract, handed to Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) and EADS (EAD.PA) earlier this year, after the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the award was flawed.

The Air Force has not yet issued its requirements for the re-run of the tender.

"Our customer (the U.S. Air Force) has said that the requirements will not change, although the findings of the GAO will be taken into account," Boeing CEO Jim McNerney told Reuters at the Farnborough Airshow. "Based on that, we think it will be the 767."

(Reporting by Bill Rigby; Editing by Paul Bolding)