A400M, KC-X Decisions Loom For EADS

Two important milestones will occur in the coming weeks for EADS’s A400M military airlifter program and tanker ambitions in the U.S.

The European aerospace giant has been waiting for a new A400M contract — revised last year to deal with several billion euros in extra costs — and a new schedule. That contract is near completion and awaiting a German parliamentary budget hearing on Jan. 19.

Also in the offing is an agreement on an export levy facility, says CFO Hans-Peter Ring. That is a funding mechanism set up through which countries provide money to the program and receive royalty payments.

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