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French supply video systems?

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A4sForever said:
.... two greatest French contributions to Western culture:
1. RED WINE
2. BIDET
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LOL. Didn't they invent the Thong, or was that an american thing? Whoever came up with it, bless them.
 
Grant said:
The HH-65 is built in Grand Prairie, TX. I think on property next-door to the former NAS Dallas? I believe the company itself is foreign, though.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/hh-65.htm
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I think it is assembled in TX, they are built over seas. Since ours are a bit different from the stock ones we finish the mods to them here. The airframe and much of avionics still comes from Eurocopter.
 
PropStop said:
I think it is assembled in TX, they are built over seas. Since ours are a bit different from the stock ones we finish the mods to them here. The airframe and much of avionics still comes from Eurocopter.
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I see, makes sense.
 
Wouldn't they on purpose make it where a foreign part must be made in the U.S. simply due to old wartime strategy (i.e. if some other country can design a better aircraft, fine, but the parts should still be made in the U.S. so the U.S. isn't dependent on that country in case of a war)?? For example, If Airbus gets the contract to supply the Air Force's tanker fleet, I have read some people say the tankers would still be built in the U.S., just the $$$ would go to a European company, because the military doesn't want to have to rely on a foreign company to supply it literally with such a key aircraft.
 
Dude, get over it. Its a global economy these days. For most corporations, loyalty lies in the dollar, not home country.
 
True, I was asking though if the MILITARY implemented those rules though about having foreign equipment still made here due to those reasons.
 
The DoD is on a budget, so lowest bidder gets the contract most of the time. And if it happens to be a friendly foreign country, so be it.
 
I C; I was just curious because I know there are just certain small things that the military likes to do to ensure the country is ready for war always (like how the military is always supposed to be able to fight on two fronts, though that isn't the case anymore, how every highway I believe has to be straight for a certain length every so-so amount of distance so that they could be converted to airfields in wartime, etc....).
 
How come the French get credit for "French Fries"? My dad swears that they are an American invention... :icon_smil
 
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