09.12.2005, 23:40
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Zitat:Malaysia Buying European on Air, Anti-Air, and Naval Fronts
Malaysia's Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2005 in the city of Langkaw has produced a flurry of announcements and cooperation agreements with European firms. The country is spending EUR 20 million ($23.2 million at current exchange) on two EADS' TRML-3D air defense radars, with delivery slated for the beginning of 2008. [...]
Meanwhile, DID's earlier report re: a potential EADS Airbus A400M buy instead of their planned C-130 upgrade program has come to pass; EADS hails the offset-laden agreement as a vindication of their strong Asia-Pacific market push. In a similar vein, Thales has opened its first Malaysian Naval Service Centre in Lumut, near Malaysia's main naval base on the west coast. [...]