Czech govt scraps $1.3 bln army contract -minister

11.12.2007 | , Reuters
Zpravodajství ČTK


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The Czech government has pulled out of a contract to buy armoured personnel carriers from a unit of General Dynamics Corp for an equivalent of...

...$1.3 billion, Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova said on Tuesday.

The Pandur carriers should have been supplied by the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug consortium, a unit of U.S.-based General Dynamics.

Steyr offered up to 234 Pandur carriers for 23.6 billion crowns ($1.3 billion).

Parkanova said the supplier failed to meet the contract terms. (Reporting by Marek Petrus; Editing by David Holmes) ($1=17.74 Czech Crown)

Keywords: GENERALDYNAMICS CZECH/

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