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Obama Admin Bans US Aircraft Maker, Favors Non-US Firm with Ties to Iran
h/t InstapunditLate Thursday the Obama administration abruptly knocked Kansas aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft out of contention for a $1 billion project to make a fleet of lightweight counterinsurgency aircraft for the Air Force. Hawker Beechcraft is, understandably, disturbed and asking questions. ...By knocking Hawker Beechcraft out, the Pentagon has limited the competition to one company, a company that is not only not an American manufacturer, its a government-owned entity with ties to our enemies. The company is Embraer, which is controlled by the government of Brazil and has close ties to the government of Iran Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-11-21 |
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