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Airbus President Accuses Leonardo Of Treachery For Again Suing Over Helicopter Contract

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

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Following two years of litigation that concluded and then produced a fresh lawsuit the week of Jan. 21, UH-72 Lakota manufacturer Airbus is accusing Leonardo DRS of using the courts to hold contracts hostage in a scheme to shutter its production line and strong-arm the Army into recompeting the program."I’ve never done a press call like this before,” Airbus Helicopters President Chris Emerson said Jan. 30 in a call with reporters in which he condemned Leonardo’s litigiousness as a fundamental threat to Army readiness…

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