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USA: VH-71 Kestrel, the Presidential helicopter, receives new funds

Washington, USA - 500 million dollars for the System Development and Demonstration

New funds arrive for the US presidential helicopter of Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland. The US DoD communicated it, that has agreed to LM System Integration, the American aerospace giant, funds for a worth of USD 500 m for engineering development of System Development and Demonstration (SDD) of VH-71, Kestrel, the helicopter realized on the base of AW-101. This is a 15 tons multipurpose helicopter,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1097208
Rome, Italy, 11/28/2008 18:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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