Sources: Airbus plans to remove German components from a warplane manufactured by

Airbus has decided to redefine its military transport aircraft, the Casa-295, which it manufactures in Spain to remove German components, in order to avoid a ban by Berlin of arms exports to Saudi Arabia.

Germany unilaterally decided in October to deny any future arms export license to Saudi Arabia after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and to freeze the delivery of previously approved equipment. Existing agreements allow Berlin to suspend arms exports containing German components.

"We are in the process of changing the design of the aircraft to remove the German components", accounting for about 4% of the aircraft, said an Airbus source quoted by the airline as saying. agency.

Another source in Airbus told the agency that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to redefine the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft, whose component is German-made by about one-third .

Germany has ceased all arms exports to Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi security team inside his consulate in Istanbul last October.

Source: Reuters