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USC taken out of talks with France on Mistral class helicopter

Moscow, Russia - From now on it will be Rosoboronexport to represent Russia in the talks with DCNS

On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, the Russian business newspaper "Kommersant", citing an unnamed source in the defense industry, announced that the Russian company USC, United Shipbuilding Corporation, has been taken out of contract negotiations with the French company DCNS, Direction des Constructions Navales Services, regarding the Mistral class helicopter carrier ships, and will be replaced in those...

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Rome, Italy, 02/08/2011 20:35
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