Defense Department Contract With Airbus Subsidizes Putin’s War Machine

Defense Department Contract With Airbus Subsidizes Putin’s War Machine
The logo of Airbus is pictured at the Airbus facility in Montoir-de-Bretagne near Saint-Nazaire, France, on March 4, 2022. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
John Rossomando
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The Defense Department’s current contract with Airbus, and any future contracts with Airbus, place U.S. taxpayers in the position of subsidizing Vladimir Putin’s war machine, as long as it pays for Russian titanium. The French aircraft manufacturer heavily relies on shipments of the Russian metal for its manufacturing.

John Rossomando
John Rossomando
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John Rossomando is a senior analyst for defense policy at the Center for Security Policy and served as senior analyst for counterterrorism at The Investigative Project on Terrorism for eight years.
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