Failed PC-7 deal with China
Goods category: Special military goods
Arthur Moll, the Swiss air force chief who retired at the end of 1983, became an adviser to Dieter Bührle on 1 January 1984 and shortly afterwards led a Pilatus sales delegation to China. The aim was licensed production in China and delivery of the first hundred PC-7s. The project was unsuccessful.
Effect of the proposed War Materiel Act revision
In Switzerland, special military goods (unlike in most other countries) are not subject to the War Materiel Act, but to the much weaker Goods Control Act.
Countries
ChinaCompanies
Time period
Sales trip shortly after January 1984; retrospective in 1993
Sources
- Tages-Anzeiger, 08.04.1993, S. 2: Der Filz zwischen EMD und Flugzeugindustrie (Mario Poletti)