Italy to be punished for sole source aircraft contracts
October 17, 2008 by Matthew Potter
Filed under: Agusta Westland, commercial aviation, Contract Awards, Italy, Military Aviation, production program
Filed under: Agusta Westland, commercial aviation, Contract Awards, Italy, Military Aviation, production program
Earlier this year the European Union had judged that Italy violated contract laws by awarding helicopter contracts only to state owned Agusta. Now that Italy has failed to take any mitigating steps they are moving to punish the country. Italy had claimed national security reasons for only considering Agusta to provide the aircraft. This is part of an effort by the EU leadership to allow competition across at least the countries of the EU.
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