Finmeccanica confident on US military plane order, helicopter order difficult |
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MILAN (AFX) - Finmeccanica SpA chairman and CEO Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini said he is confident of winning a major US order for military transport aircraft while a US military helicopter order will be difficult to win.Speaking in the margins of an event in Rome, he said a decision on Finmeccanica unit Alenia Aeronautica's proposal of 145 C27J aircraft in the 5-6 bln usd order is expected for May 9.'You never know, but I am confident,' he said on the aircraft tender.On a US order for 141 helicopters for the US military, worth more than 10 bln usd, he said: 'It will be hard. We will see.'Last Friday, the US Air Force said it will revise and reopen bidding for the helicopter contract after a recommendation from the US's Government Accountability Office and complaints from bidders.Boeing won the order. Finmeccanica unit AgustaWestland participated in a consortium with Lockheed Martin.nigel.tutt@thomson.comnt/lamCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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