On 14 February 2018, is final day for issue final offer for F-16 replacement
Lockheed-Martin and Eurofighter send there dossiers to Belgium Ministry of Defense
Oddly Dassault has not send Dossier with final offer
According Belgium laws, fall Dassault now outside the official legal tender competition
Actually they not... Sorry Politic again
The Walloon MR party (who give prime minister Michel) what the Dassault Raffale
MR party try to get Dassault dossier "true backdoor" back into competitions
Flemish Minister of Defense Vandeput (N-VA) want it not and stick to the laws.
Now a working groups have about a month and a half time, to study the dossiers submitted.
They will make a ranking list that submit to the government, which then has to make a decision.
This must happens before 11-12 July, then there is a major NATO summit in Brussels.
NATO wants our country to invest more in Defense and within that expenditure item on military equipment.
Two years ago, Belgium was criticized by NATO, because lack of investment.
Source:
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/02/14/deadline-voor-indienen-offertes-nieuwe-gevechtsvliegtuigen/
