Europe's military transport aircraft manufacturers are making significant export gains and growing their global market share. Airbus Defense and Space says it took the majority of the orders for medium turboprops during the first half of 2014. Airbus argues that an apparent slowdown in orders for aircraft such as Lockheed Martin's C-130J Hercules is evidence that governments are taking notice of the A400M airlifter, which the company hopes will attract its first new export contract in almost a decade after Malaysia ordered the type back in 2005.
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