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Government to announce decision on Airbus A400M contract in matter of days
Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Comments: 0
CAPE TOWN Oct 22
Government will announce a decision on the Airbus A400M military
transport aircraft contract in a matter of days, government
spokesman Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu had briefed Cabinet on the
matter during its regular fortnightly meeting on Wednesday and
Cabinet "took a view on the matter", he told a media briefing.
"Decisions will be taken and we'll make an announcement fairly
soon about what's going to happen with that particular matter."
Pressed on exactly when an announcement would be made, Maseko
said it would be in "a matter of days, the minister of defence will
communicate on the matter".
The purchase price of the eight aircraft has increased
substantially from the original R17 billion, although the
manufacturers have denied it will be as high as R47 billion.
"The price tag which has been attributed to Armscor's CEO, Mr
Sipho Thomo, is wildly exaggerated," Airbus Military said in a
recent statement.
Source : Sapa /jk/gj
Date : 22 Oct 2009 12:15 OrigID : LP565152
Government will announce a decision on the Airbus A400M military
transport aircraft contract in a matter of days, government
spokesman Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu had briefed Cabinet on the
matter during its regular fortnightly meeting on Wednesday and
Cabinet "took a view on the matter", he told a media briefing.
"Decisions will be taken and we'll make an announcement fairly
soon about what's going to happen with that particular matter."
Pressed on exactly when an announcement would be made, Maseko
said it would be in "a matter of days, the minister of defence will
communicate on the matter".
The purchase price of the eight aircraft has increased
substantially from the original R17 billion, although the
manufacturers have denied it will be as high as R47 billion.
"The price tag which has been attributed to Armscor's CEO, Mr
Sipho Thomo, is wildly exaggerated," Airbus Military said in a
recent statement.
Source : Sapa /jk/gj
Date : 22 Oct 2009 12:15 OrigID : LP565152
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