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"Apache": Boeing and AgustaWestland in the challenge for the renewal of the helicopters of "Her Majesty"

London, United Kingdom - The contract for the British Army fleet is worth a USD billion

On these days the British Ministry of Defense has postponed to 2016 the decision on who will be the new supplier for the helicopters army; at first, it seemed that the American Boeing would have won the important tender: the company offered fifty new aircraft for the price of GBP twenty million each to replace the old "Apache" fleet of "Her Majesty". The proposal was considered as the only realistic...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1166806
Rome, Italy, 03/10/2015 18:20
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