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A400M Customer Nations Reach Deal With Airbus To Rework Contract Details

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, February 9th, 2018

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Airbus officials signed a new declaration of intent Feb. 7, with the launch customer nations for its A400M aircraft, to structure new contract details later in 2018 to stop future losses with the program.The new agreement includes details to delay the delivery plan for future A400M’s and provide a timeline for developing improved military capabilities.The Feb. 7 meeting included Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) officials and representatives from the seven A400M launch customer nations: Germany, France, U.K., Spain, Turkey, Belgium…

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