France may buy 4 Lockheed C130s given problems with Airbus A400M
May 20, 2015 at 09:55 AM EDT
PARIS, May 20 (Reuters) - France's defence ministry has pencilled several hundreds of millions of euros into its latest defence budget for the possible purchase of four Lockheed-Martin C130 Hercules military transport planes due to problems with the rival Airbus A400M, a defence ministry source said on Wednesday.