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Old 4th Dec 2008, 11:21
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moosemaster
 
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When in development the C17s were seriously late, and incredibly over-budget.

Luckily the USAF stuck with it and now, 10+ years on it is a wonderful AT asset.

Provided the A400 project is continued and not de-railed by speculation and suspicion, it too will be a wonderful AT asset.

(RS-30. It isn't a money pit for the customers either, seeing at it is a FIXED PRICE contract . It may well be a money pit for Airbus, but that's another, corporate matter and has no bearing on the MRTT/FSTA project. That project is in limbo because of nothing other than political inertia.)
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