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Rheinmetall Wins A400M Cargo Hold System
Rheinmetall Group subsidiary Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH (RDE) of Bremen, Germany has been awarded a subcontract to supply the complete Loadmaster Control System for the new EADS Airbus A400M military transport aircraft throughout the entire period of production. Under the currently envisaged order volume of 180 planes, the value of the order comes to approximately EUR 72 million in 2005. RDE expects the total value of this project - which is set to run 20-25 years - to be in the region of EUR 200 million. [...]
The current RDE-contract covers the 180 planes ordered by Germany, France, Spain, Great Britain, Turkey, Belgium and Luxembourg. With the exception of Britain, which already operates C-17s and stretched C-130Js, this will markedly improve their inter-theater airlift capacity.