tflash Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Some hard talk: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8453931.stm [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
tflash Posted January 15, 2010 Posted January 15, 2010 There is a deal in the making: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWEB535520100115?type=marketsNews [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 http://www.defpro.com/news/details/12683/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
tflash Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Thanks for update ... incredible how engineering has evolved ... you design an aircraft on your PC and then whoops, it takes into the air performing almost exaclty as predicted! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
jpm1 Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 seems it's on the good way . looks like Germany and France are going to announce an agreement on the 4 th of february . too important on a political level SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
golfsierra2 Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) Germany won't let it down: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100131-702553.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines DAVOS: German Econ Min: Can't Afford Failure Of Airbus A400M And the French counterpart: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100128-702448.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesEurope French Defense Min:Efforts Of EADS On A400M Must Equal Govts' Edited January 31, 2010 by golfsierra2 kind regards, Raven.... [sigpic]http://www.crc-mindreader.de/CRT/images/Birds2011.gif[/sigpic]
eurofor Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 "Assembly process for fourth A400M begins" http://www.defpro.com/news/details/13004/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
golfsierra2 Posted February 6, 2010 Posted February 6, 2010 No agreement yet on financing to cover project losses In Paris, the French defence ministry said "major steps" had been made in negotiations and called for a quick deal with EADS. French Defence Minister Herve Morin told reporters on Thursday the three EADS founder nations had offered loans that would be drawn from a proposed package totalling 1 billion to 1.5 billion euros to narrow the cost gap. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE61405Y20100205 kind regards, Raven.... [sigpic]http://www.crc-mindreader.de/CRT/images/Birds2011.gif[/sigpic]
tflash Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Finally agreement has been reached, the project is back in business! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8534248.stm [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Finally agreement has been reached, the project is back in business! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8534248.stm According to that article, there is no breakthrough in negotiations and agreement is only in "principle". Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
tflash Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 You're a pessimist, Hajduk ;-) 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
tflash Posted March 6, 2010 Posted March 6, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6YNFQC5b5dKatzrrqQxUHxsqfnAD9E8LC1G0 The pessimists were wrong BTW. I hope the next thing we can post on A-400 M is something about its performance, not its financial troubles! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 http://www.defpro.com/news/details/13658/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
jpm1 Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 1 C130 worldwide = 1 A400M . see what i mean :smilewink: SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 Second A400M testing engines. http://www.airbusmilitary.com/Multimedia/VideoGallery.aspx [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
mikoyan Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 so what is the unit cost of this thing? if it was me I would buy a c-17
jpm1 Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 today 153 M € , 160 for a C-17 but C-17 needs more runway , more fuel and more expensive maintenance . And C-17 encountered a bunch of problems too in its developpement phase , first units where priced 330 M $ instead of the 199 M originally planned 1 SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
topol-m Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 today 153 M € OMG :doh: Definitely Gulag :D Here`s the not so expensive alternative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_C-2 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Wilde Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 Yet the current "per unit" cost of the A400M is including development costs. As opposed to Americans we do not advertise some completely hypothetical prize. Meaning the current price is what Germany and the other "first row" customers pay. Once those orders are through development is paid for. So export customers will pay a lot less. Expect it around half of the current price tag.
Pilotasso Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 OMG :doh: Definitely Gulag :D Here`s the not so expensive alternative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_C-2 lol, no, there was apublicity bot post before .
topol-m Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 lol, no, there was apublicity bot post before :laugh: :doh: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
jpm1 Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 ... Once those orders are through development is paid for. So export customers will pay a lot less. Expect it around half of the current price tag. that argument weighted a lot when the decision of continuing or not was taken SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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