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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Czechs threaten canceling deal to buy 4 EADS military transport planes amid malfunctions

Casa C-212-400The Czech defense ministry is threatening to cancel a $200 million deal to buy four EADS military transport aircraft because they could not be deployed to Afghanistan as a result of technical problems.

It said Monday planemaker EADS CASA, a Spanish unit of Europe’s Airbus holding company EADS NV, must quickly fix a malfunctioning missile protection system on the 295M planes.

Deputy Defense Minister Rudolf Blazek says the military wants to put the planes in use but it would be legitimate to consider revoking the contract if the technical problems won’t be fixed in the coming months.

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