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Article: United States: New chance for Europe's A400M transporter.
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- Article date:
- July 25, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
Seven European members of the NATO alliance have agreed to give European plane-maker Airbus another chance to deliver the much-delayed A400M military transporter. The heavy transporter aircraft, originally due for delivery in 2009, has been portrayed as a symbol of Europe's bid to forge a distinct and united military identity and capability.
That identity should be strengthened by the formation of a joint procurement agency -- comprising Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Belgium and Luxembourg -- which will renegotiate the terms of a contract with Airbus Military's owners EADS. Defense ministers from these seven ...