US EditionLockheed Martin, Tug of War Between USA and Switzerland on the Cost of F-35s
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Switzerland could buy fewer U.S. warplanes F-35 if the additional cost requested by the US would exceed the maximum budget, the Swiss defence minister said on Sunday, according to France Presse...
In 2022, Switzerland and the United States agreed on a price of just over 6 billion francs for 6 F-35 American aircraft. Except for the Swiss government's claim that the United States was demanding additional costs between 650 million euros and 1.3 billion dollars.
Lockheed Martin, tug of war between USA and Switzerland on the cost of F-35s
Bern government objects to additional costs requested by Washington for the purchase of 36 F-35 fighters. All the details Bern ready to review the American order for the F-35, the fifth-generation fighter produced by Lockheed Martin. In September 2020, Switzerland narrowly approved in a referendum a $6.5 billion budget to replace end-of-life F/A-18s by 2030, La Tribune reports. The following year, Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighter won…
In the case of the F-35A Lightning II, it is now announced that the DDPS (the powerful Federal Department of Defense, Population Protection and Sports) could well see again at the [...] This content Will Switzerland reduce its order for Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II ? was first published on legendary aircraft.net - Encyclopaedia of military aviation & aeronautical news
Switzerland could buy fewer U.S. warplanes F-35 if the additional cost requested by the US would exceed the maximum budget, the Swedish defence minister said on Sunday, AFP informed.
The Federal Council decided in 2022 to purchase 36 fighter planes for six billion Swiss francs. However, it is expected that these will cost at least 1.3 billion Swiss francs more. Samuel Bendahan, Vaudan SP National Council, denounces the budget freedom of the army. The F-35 scandal reveals the real problem of the Swiss military, says the Social Democrat Samuel Bendahan. Picture: watsonThe Federal Council decided in 2022 to purchase 36 fighter …
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