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De Standaard
plus
De Morgen
and
Le Soir
plus also
La Libre
carry this story as well. Not much chance for the Eurofighter become the ultimate winner now...
Deadline for the F-35A offer is now 29 october 2018 .
This week should become rather interesting...
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https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/-k ... ~ab30ee1d/"Choice for F-35 is made, government is looking for best communication"
21 October 2018
4.21pm
The choice of the American F-35 fighter plane as a replacement for the aging F-16 has been made,
but the government - and more specifically Prime Minister Charles Michel -
has yet to see how the decision is interpreted, preferably as a European decision.
That has been heard from several sources within the government today.
The federal government started in March 2017 the selection procedure for a new fighter plane.
Initially it was a contract of 3.6 billion euros,
with a value of 15 billion euros for the life of the device that is estimated in about forty years.
Two governments responded according to the rules of the tender:
the American government with the F-35 Lightning II from the American group Lockheed Martin,
and the United Kingdom with the Eurofighter from a consortium including Germany, Spain and Italy.
The American offer was formally valid until October 14, the day of local elections in our country,
but was extended by two weeks until the end of October, according to a reliable source.
After two core cabinets, on October 4 and last week,
the top ministers have all the information to make a well-founded decision.
Several government sources indicate that the choice has already been implied for the F-35.
"The government is still looking for a formula to explain the American choice,"
they stated, without wanting to be cited by name.
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