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A-330 MRTT aircraft: Airbus Defence and Space pulls back a one billion dollar deal

Rome, Italy - Japanese government’s “Unclear behaviour” might be the cause

Airbus Defence and Space, European aerospace giant, gave up air-to-air refuelling tanker deal against the American rival Boeing for the sale of four aircraft (four A-330 MRTT -Multi-Role Tanker Transport- derived from A-330/200 aircraft and designed to be used both to military transport and for refuelling in flight) to the Japanese government. In a statement the manufacturer declared that the competition...

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Rome, Italy, 09/10/2015 10:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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