The Dutch minister of defense recently attended talks in Rome to decide who would build nearly 40 F-35 stealth fighters for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Lockheed Martin in the U.S. designed the single-engine, radar-evading jet, but the company licenses some of the actual manufacturing to foreign factories.The Netherlands is considering tapping Italian firm Alenia Aerospace to make most of the Dutch jets, which could form the backbone of the RNLAF for many decades.
The choice is a potentially risky one. Alenia Aerospace is part of the Finmeccanica Group alongside companies such as AnsaldoBreda and AugustaWestland.
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Since when has Alenia Aerospace which is part of Finmeccanica had anything to do with building the NH90.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I am aware the NH90 is built by NH Industries which is part of Airbus Helicopters.
If I am wrong then please correct me, otherwise I would suggest that someone should either look into this article, or they might find a very irate Finmeccanica coming after them.
http://www.finmeccanica.com/en/-/nh90-1
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