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Article Post: 7/1/2018
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Rear interior view of the Airbus A400M refueling pod. Tods Aerospace provides a great deal of parts assembly and value-added work to produce a finished pod.
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In the assembly area are several refueling pods in various stages of assembly. These are the tubular structures that protrude from above the front cockpit windows on the A400M and the KC-390 transport aircraft, into which an aerial refueling line is guided to deliver jet fuel during in-fight refueling operations. One of the partly assembled pods is for the A400M and weighs in at 50 kg, significantly less than its metallic predecessor. Stalker says Tods has built 42 of these pods, and notes that the production rate fluctuates with demand. The KC-390 pod is in pre-production phase. Like the A400M pod, when it is complete, it will include lightning strike protection and an integrated light.
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Alguno de los nuestros?
mientras los responsables/comisionistas, se van de rositas.
11.07.2018 • DUNCAN ROBERTS
Parliament has passed a law that allows the government to finance the operational costs of an A400M military plane
The grand duchy will share the Airbus A400M Atlas, which is designed to be “a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities”, with the Belgian military. It will contribute one-eighth of the operational costs, which will mean an annual bill of between €11 and €12 million, bringing expenditure to around €420 million for the 35-year lifespan of the plane.
Parliament had already voted in favour of the €168 million cost of the plane back in 2005 after the two countries’ governments had agreed to purchase the A400M. An additional €28 million VAT bill will also have to be paid by Luxembourg.
The government parties were joined on Tuesday by the CSV, who had initiated the project, in voting in favour of the financing. The ADR’s MPs abstained from the vote, while the two Déi Lénk MPs voted against the bill. Marc Baum of Déi Lénk said the timing of the vote was an excuse for the government to go brag about their commitment to their allies at Thursday’s Nato summit in Brussels.
The plane is expected to be delivered in spring 2020.
champi escribió:Tener toda la flota volando (nunca va a pasar) costaría €324 millones al año y al precio que exhibe Luxemburgo. Si somos capaces de tener 14 operativos, son unos €168 millones al año.
Por otra parte, RU recibe su vigésima unidad: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf- ... t-aircraft
Les quedan dos por entregar, lo que sucederá previsiblemente a principios de 2020.
Por cierto, el día tres mandamos un A400M a Libreville en apoyo al destacamento Mamba: https://twitter.com/EMADmde/status/1014105221012869120
costaría €324 millones al año y al precio que exhibe Luxemburgo.
...si no acaba siendo más, da para poner en vuelo los 27 ?
Esa no es una buena contribución a la OTAN/UE en uno de los aspectos más deficientes de estas organizaciones?
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