Commentary
The Defense Department’s current contract with Airbus, and any future contracts with Airbus, place U.S. taxpayers in the position of subsidizing Vladimir Putin’s war machine, as long as it pays for Russian titanium. The French aircraft manufacturer heavily relies on shipments of the Russian metal for its manufacturing.
Airbus currently has a contract with the U.S. Army to provide spare parts to its UH-72A and UH-72B Lakota fleet of 482 utility and training helicopters as part of a $1.5 billion contract.
Airbus might say that it stopped providing spare parts and supporting Russian airliners in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but that’s not good enough….