Airbus explores building a Canadian helicopter assembly plant if selected for federal defense contracts including the C$18.4B nTACS fleet renewal program.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      17 hours ago

      18bn to Europe or 18bn to America(and no jobs).

      At least Airbus probably won’t have a Trump switch on them to cut the power.

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      20 hours ago

      It’s also about knowledge/technology transfer.

      EDIT: (and a whole bunch of military vehicles)

      • potter2010@lemmy.ca
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        20 hours ago

        Plus, the helicopters would be purchased anyway so the benefits of the plant here are a bonus/added benefit.