The Belgian solution for the "painful" of the A400M
(BRUSSELS2) The Belgian Ministry of Defence, which ordered 7 military Airbus A400Ms, ran its calculator and evaluated the supplement to be paid for the painful, after theOK between the States participating in the military transport aircraft program and the manufacturer.
It will thus pay 78 million euros, in respect of its share of the 2 billion euros in additional funds, and should add a small 58 million euros, in respect of the 1,5 billion in advances. refundable. Even if on the side of the Ministry of Defense, we hasten to specify that this participation is not acquired (1), we also admit that there is a small kitty... The budget reserved for the A400M was of 1,189 billion euros, constant euros, with expected inflation. However, this was slightly lower than expected...
The first three aircraft will be delivered to the Belgians in 2019 and the next four in 2020, according to the schedule provided by EADS. Payments, including additional costs, will be spread between 2015 and 2020, according to the Belgian Ministry of Defence. Until then...
(1) Also read thePieter De Crem interview performed in Palma de Mallorca at the end of February.
