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Article: South Africa: SA aviation company hopeful of minimal turbulence in short term from A400M cancellation.
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- November 7, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
South African aviation company Denel Saab Aerostructures (DSA) does not expect to suffer any immediate impact from the South African government s cancellation of an order for eight Airbus Military A400M transport aircraft.
DSA is the design authority for the two components for the A400M that we produce, company CEO Lana Kinley told Engineering News Online on Thursday afternoon. For Airbus to cancel our contracts, they would have to redesign and re-qualify these components.
It is believed that, while the European company could certainly do this in the medium-term, it is unlikely to do so in the short-term, as this could make it ...