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Eads to win EUR 3bn contract for 30 Ariane-5 rockets

Berlin, Germany - The contract will be signed late today at ILA international Aerospace conference in Berlin

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company is set to win a contract worth EUR 3bn (USD 3.6bn) with Arianespace for 30 Ariane-5 rockets. The contract is to be signed later Monday in the presence of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at the ILA air show near Berlin. The "PA batch" (from Paris Air show where the order was announced) will be delivered starting in the spring of 2005 at the rate...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63065
Rome, Italy, 05/10/2004 15:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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