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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A400M refund clears way for Airbus Military to compete in other SA programmes

Airbus A400M GrizzlyEuropean aerospace company Airbus Military believes that its refund, last month, of South Africa’s initial payments and other costs (plus interest) regarding the A400M programme, from which this country withdrew in 2009, opens the way for the company to bid for other South African Air Force (SAAF) projects.

“The Department of Defence (DoD) has other acquisitions in its sights, including maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), VIP aircraft and there is also still the requirement for airlift, which hasn’t gone away,” Airbus Military spokesperson for Southern Africa Linden Birns told Engineering News Online on Tuesday.

He confirmed that the company is offering its C295 twin-turboprop aircraft for the SAAF’s MPA requirement. “We are talking to the SAAF and DoD to brief them on the A330 MRTT,” he added.

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