Shoulda gone Airbus
Half the plane more cost.
EADS has ZERO AWACS experiance. Also the plne the RAAF want is not a dome top. new technology.
EADS a400 5 years behind millions over cost and Germany threating to fine or cancel.
EADS may not have any, but IAI Elta does
The dome top is just styling, The radar was going to be the Raytheon/IAI Elta Phalcon ESA (you know, the phased array system that actually works)
Millions over cost for A400M is correct but do you have any source to support your two other claims?
EADS has ZERO AWACS experiance. Also the plne the RAAF want is not a dome top. new technology.
A new technology by Northrop Grumman.
The NATO AWACS were converted by Dornier. Dornier is now part of EADS. These aircrafts are still maintained by EADS.
EADS does all of the routine repairs through depot level work on the NATO and French Air Force E-3 AWACS fleet.
http://www.eads.net/1024/en/businet/defence/mas/mission_aircraft/e3a_awacs/e3a_awacs.html
“EADS a400 5 years behind millions over cost and Germany threating to fine or cancel.”
How is it 5 years behind? The partner nations, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Belgium, and Luxembourg, signed the agreement in May 2003 to buy 212 aircraft. And following the withdrawal of Italy and revision of procurement totals the revised requirement was for 180 aircraft, with first flight in 2008 and first delivery in 2009.
The A400M was “rolled out” in Seville on 26th June 2008 at an event presided by King Juan Carlos I of Spain, while the maiden flight is set for Summer 2008.
So much for your claims since the only thing about Germany sanctioning EADS was by the “Islamic Republic News Agency” that was posted on globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/01/mil-080107-irna01.htm