The defense commissions of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate have given a favorable vote to the procedure for awarding agreements related to the purchase of 32 F-35 aircraft, within the "F-35 multi-role aircraft of the XNUMXth generation" endowment program.
It is about "contracts awarded by the Government of Romania to the Government of the United States of America, specific to the Foreign Military Sales Program with the object of 32 F-35 aircraft, engines, initial logistic support, training services, FMT flight simulators, air- air and air-ground, respectively an estimated value of 6,5 billion dollars, without VAT", informs stirileprotv.ro.
The cited source specifies that, at the meeting of September 26, the permanent meeting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate submitted to the committees for defense, public order and national security of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate the request of the Minister of National Defense regarding the prior approval for the initiation by the MApN, through the Directorate general for armaments, of procedures for awarding agreements related to the purchase of 32 F-35 aircraft, within the "F-35 multi-role aircraft of the XNUMXth generation" endowment program, through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) assistance and security program .