Ankara - The sale to Turkey by Saudi Arabia of six U.S.-made Lockheed Martin C-130E military cargo planes has reportedly been approved by the U.S. government.Hurriyet Daily News, quoting senior Turkish and U.S. officials, said the deal for the older model aircraft was struck last summer and U.S. approval came in April.
One procurement official told Hurriyet Daily News that the planes were being purchased at a very reasonable price but declined to specify a figure. An industry source suggested the unit price was less than $10 million.
"We weren't expecting any major problems on this (U.S. approval) and everything worked out well," the Turkish procurement official was quoted as saying. "We're happy about this."
The aircraft are expected to arrive in Turkey this year.
The Turkish air force already is flying the older C-130B and C-130E models of the C-130 family, acquired from the United States decades ago.
As a member of the pan-European Airbus A400 consortium, Turkey has been planning to buy 10 A400M cargo planes but the program has been facing major delays.
From : Military Aerospace
Berita Terkait:
0 komentar:
Post a Comment