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4/10/07

Compositesworld.com - Airbus A400M wing box is delivered


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Airbus A400M wing box is delivered

Airbus says the first center wing box for the A400M military transport aircraft has been delivered from the Airbus Nantes site in France to Seville in Spain, where it arrived on March 28. Deliveries of major structural sections for the first A400M military transport aircraft to the final assembly line in Seville, Spain, started at the end of 2006.Four center wing box structures are currently in production in the dedicated facility at the Airbus plant in Nantes, France. Firm orders for the A400M now stand at 192 aircraft.

The A400M programme is a direct result of a commonly expressed need by 8 European air forces for a new generation military airlifter. The scope of this initiative to specify and procure an aircraft of a common definition is unique and clearly points to the way forward in the domain of "smart procurement" for the armed forces of allied nations.The European Union (EU) is eagerly working towards establishing its own powerful armed forces, independent of American command structures and the new military transport—Airbus A 400 M—forms the heart of the European weapons programme.

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