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UK and France support contract to maintain A400M fleet

The first contract has been awarded for the maintenance and support of the new A400M Atlas military aircraft.

The UK and France jointly awarded the common in-service support contract to Airbus Defence and Space.

The contract covers all areas of maintenance and includes the implementation of spare parts pooling and the establishment of maintenance engineering services to benefit both air forces.

Defence Minister Philip Dunne said:

The signature of this joint contract for the support of the A400M Atlasfleet is the achievement of successful British-French discussions over a number of years, and is an important milestone of increasing mutual collaboration at the heart of agreements made under the Lancaster House Treaty for defence and security cooperation.

The joint support contract is another example of cooperation across a truly multinational programme that will see 170 A400M aircraft delivered to 7 partner nations over the coming years.

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