Airbus has slammed the Polish government after a reported 3.1-billion-euro deal to buy military helicopters was cancelled. The Polish government is now looking to US rival, Lockheed Martin to provide at least 21 Black Hawks prompting strong statements from Airbus chief executive, Tom Enders and Airbus Helicopter boss, Guillaume Faury. "Never have we been treated by any government customer the way this government has treated us," said Mr Enders. The Polish government have retorted that the deal fell through over a failure to agree on ‘an offset package’ however, French President, Francois Hollande has called off a visit to Warsaw on the news.

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