There's no big mystery to the enlarged Airbus A400M.
Our military should not outsource it purchases to other countries.
As it appears, the A400M will need improved runways and will not be able to compete with the C-130 Herc. Time for Lockheed and Boeing to make their submissions for the replacement aircraft.
Gates is out of his ever loving mind to outsource this. The next thing will be buying Chinese or Russian made aircraft to replace the F-22 and F35.
“The next thing will be buying Chinese or Russian made aircraft to replace the F-22 and F35.”
Coming soon... Can't have a unfair advantages over other countries, can we now?
Besides, third world countries are not noted for their advanced air craft designs, and since Hussein is firmly putting the US on that road, we no longer can produce such luxuries...