F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: next Dubai ports deal?
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Mar. 23rd, 2006 || Source:
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Officials in the US and in the United Arab Emirates are worried that the furor sparked by the Dubai ports deal may be repeated, this time over a core Pentagon program: development of the cutting-edge
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The Financial Times reports that the new concerns have arisen due to the pending investigation of the purchase of Doncasters, a privately held British aerospace manufacturer, by the UAE-owned Dubai International Capital in a deal worth $1.2 billion.
Although the proposed transaction has not yet drawn much attention in Congress, the first signs of unease emerged on Tuesday when John Barrow, a Democratic lawmaker, released a letter demanding a tour of Doncasters' Georgia facility.
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