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"Heli-Expo". Leonardo aims at Japan for AW-609 tilt-rotor (airplane-helicopter)

The industry starts with NAS a working group to evaluate the use for transport and public utility

Leonardo and Nakanihon Air Service, Co., Ltd. of Japan (Nakanihon Air Service, NAS) signed at "Heli-Expo" (see AVIONEWS) a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a joint working group that will study requirements for introducing the AW-609 commercial multirole tiltrotor (airplane-helicopter) into service in Japan. The industry already supplies a range of advanced rotorcraft technology to the...

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Atlanta, Usa, 03/07/2019 11:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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