The 450 million euro (approx) buy was approved in the Norwegian parliament today.
But: The Norwegian MOD allso informed the public that
Airbus has run a smear campaign against LM, giving false information about the abilities of the C130J.
Airbus published a memo to the media, and perhaps more importantly to the members of the parliament defense committee, claiming that the C130J came last in
all 7 comparison studies performed by the N-MOD. (The studies are classified)
The claim is completely wrong according to the same N-MOD
(Airbus also claimed 2 weeks ago,that the first A400 could be
fully operational with the RNoAF in January 2010)
The media has made the misinformation case the major storyline, bringing in a lot of commentators on spin, corruption, lobbying etc.
Still, in the end, good result for the 335Sqn, the governments till is shut tight nowadays. Congrats!