Airbus Defence and Space has announced that they have signed a contract with the UK, France and Spain to provide global support to the A400M airlifter.
Following previous contracts signed with the UK and France, the new agreement continues operational support of the A400M and forms the basis of support for Spain, which has just accepted its first craft.
The agreement also paves the way for any other OCCAR nation to join the agreement and benefit from the package of support services, including a spares pool, technical and engineering support, maintenance and flight operations services.
Sharing resources will see numerous benefits for the involved nations, including significant cost savings, increased efficiency and greater flexibility to service requirements.
The contract was awarded by the UK’s DE&S, the French Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) and Spain’s Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM) through the OCCAR international programme management organisation.
Head of Military Aircraft Services Stephan Miegel said: “The contracts that were put in place to see the A400M into initial service have worked well, but this next stage will provide a sophisticated and highly integrated support service that will further free operators to focus on their mission, knowing that they can rely on robust support for the years ahead. We would encourage other A400M operators to take advantage of these arrangements which we are convinced have the potential to let them operate the aircraft to its maximum capability.”
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