The Slovak Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected the Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan to meet its transport aircraft requirement, the two parties announced on 19 December.
Negotiations concerning payments and associated offset accords are expected to begin soon, Alenia said. Slovakia said it is looking for offsets of 100 per cent of the contract value.
Selection of the C-27J as the preferred platform comes after the MoD announced a public tender on 8 August 2008 to replace its ageing Antonov An-24/26 aircraft. Bids were understood to have been submitted by the end of that month.
Bids from Lockheed Martin (believed to relate -->>
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