22.06.2004, 18:05
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Zitat:UK threatens to axe aircraft contract
By Peter Spiegel, Defence Correspondent
Published: June 21 2004 22:00
The UK's top military procurement official has threatened to recommend killing the Royal Air Force's £13bn (€19.7bn) project for air-to-air refuelling tankers, accusing the programme's lead contractor of proposing an "unaffordable" agreement that "falls short of our requirements".
In January EADS, the Franco-German aerospace giant that is the parent of Airbus, won a hard-fought competition against arch-rival Boeing to build a new fleet of tankers for the RAF. The win was seen as an upset since EADS has limited experience in tanking and Boeing aircraft now refuel more than 90 per cent of the world's military aircraft.