EADS will likely keep the contract to build tankers for the Air Force in Mobile, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions told the Mont­gomery Area Chamber of Commerce at its Eggs & Is­sues breakfast Wednesday.

Sessions called the pro­cess that led to EADS win­ning the bid the most fair and open contract process in Air Force history.

In fact, he said Congress mandated many of the provi­sions in the contract that led to EADS winning the bid.

That, he said, makes it un­likely Congress will reverse its decision and award the contract to Boeing, despite that company's protest.