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UK: criticism for the order of Boeing aircraft without a tender

Charges of favoritism to the Secretary of State for Defence

Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson was accused yesterday in the Defense Committee of the British Parliament of having favored the US aerospace company Boeing for the purchase of new Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWC) aircraft. In fact, the United Kingdom has recently planned to order the E-7A Wedgetail -based on the B-737- without the opening of a tender that also involved Airbus-Saab,...

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London, UK, 10/18/2018 09:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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