Ngokuzisola okuqotho i-Airbus Defense and Space isiqaphele isinqumo sikahulumeni waseBelgium sokukhetha i-F-35 ukuze ithathele indawo indiza yayo ekhona ye-F-16.
I-Airbus Defence and Space yamukela lesi sinqumo se-Belgium futhi iyazazi izixhumanisi eziqinile phakathi kwe-Belgium ne-United States ezindabeni zemboni yezokuvikela. Ngakho-ke, isinqumo sayizolo asimangali ngokuphelele.
Kodwa-ke, i-Airbus Defense and Space isakholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi umnikelo othunyelwe yi-Team Eurofighter, ohlanganisa abalingani bezimboni zase-United Kingdom, Germany, Italy kanye ne-Spain, bekuzomele ukhetho olungcono kakhulu lwezwe kokubili mayelana namandla okusebenza kanye namathuba ezimboni. . Isixazululo se-Eurofighter besizoba nomphumela womnikelo oqondile ongaphezu kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-19 emnothweni waseBelgium.
Lokhu kubambisana bekungase futhi kubeke indlela yokuthi iBelgium ijoyine uhlelo lwe-Franco-German Future Combat Air System, okwamanje i-Airbus eluchazayo nozakwethu oqinile wezimboni i-Dassault Aviation.
Isimemezelo sayizolo sikahulumeni siyisinqumo esizimele okumele bonke abangenele ukhetho basihloniphe. Kodwa-ke, kuyithuba elilahlekile lokuqinisa ukubambisana kwezimboni zaseYurophu ngezikhathi lapho i-EU ibizelwa ukuthi yandise imizamo yayo yokuvikela ngokuhlanganyela.
