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Airbus Casts Doubt on Future of Military Plane Amid Order Dearth

An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft.Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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At a time when European governments are racing to increase their military spending, the region’s most costly defense program once again faces an uncertain future.

Airbus SE said on Thursday that it would be forced to review the “manufacturing activities” of its A400M military cargo aircraft given “uncertainties regarding the level of aircraft orders.”