Berlin plans to scrap a multibillion-euro project to build the biggest warship commissioned by the German navy since the second world war, in what has become one of the biggest procurement fiascos in the country’s recent history.
Defence minister Boris Pistorius and other senior officials on Tuesday informed industry figures and senior MPs of their intention to abandon plans to build six F126 frigates, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Berlin instead intends to buy eight smaller Meko A-200 frigates, the people said.
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