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US presidential helicopters: Finmeccanica-Boeing contact

Rome , Italy - The agreement could boost Italian industry's chances, after the news about on hand agreement Lockheed-Sikorsky

Finmeccanica is in talks with Boeing over a possible joint bid to supply the US with a new presidential helicopter after the Pentagon cancelled the Italian defence and industrial group’s original contract last year. Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, chairman and chief executive, said the company had been looking for “A new team mate” following the decision to scrap the original USD 6.1 bn programme, which...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1116881
Rome, Italy, 05/03/2010 11:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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