- Euroflag
:"This article is about a group of companies, not the
European flag ."Euroflag was a collaboration of European aerospace companies formed for the development of the
Airbus A400M . Development is now carried out byAirbus Military .The project began as the Future International Military Airlifter (FIMA) group, set up in 1982 by;
Aerospatiale ,British Aerospace , Lockheed andMesserschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm to develop a replacement for theC-130 Hercules andC-160 Transall . Varying requirements and the complications of international politics caused slow progress. In 1989, Lockheed left the group, and went on to develop the second-generationC-130J Super Hercules .With the addition of
Alenia Aeronautica and CASA, the Future International Military Airlifter group became Euroflag, European future large aircraft group.
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