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Helicopters: New Zealand government chooses "Made in Italy"

Wellington, New Zealand - Soon the the negotiations for the purchase of five aircraft and a flight simulator

Phil Goff, Defense Minister of New Zealand, announced that the choice for the purchase of five new helicopters - to be delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force for tasks of training, SaR (Search and Rescue), medical evacuation and in case of natural disasters, surveillance, against terrorism and for air transport - has fallen on AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica Group) and its A-109LUH, ordered in five...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1081429
Rome, Italy, 10/30/2007 17:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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