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Royal Air Force on Voyager aircraft contract: it smells burning

London, United Kingdom - An English network investigates and discovers differences between contracts

"BBC Newsnight" has discovered the Royal Air Force may be paying billions of pounds too much for its new Voyager aircraft. The network said there have been differences between the contract sealed by the MoD with Air Tanker (a consortium of engineering giants such as Airbus, Rolls Royce, Cobham, Thales and Babcock) and previous contracts sealed with other customers. The investigation suggest that...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140512
Rome, Italy, 05/11/2012 14:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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