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IRISH SAR HELICOPTERS, A CONTROVERSIAL CONTRACT

DUBLIN, Ireland would have decided to buy three Sikorsky S-92 helicopters for SAR duties, plus an option for further two machines for troop transport. The decision, still to be announced by the defence minister, is likely to be controversial because an expert group recommended an Eurocopter helicopter as the best for the country. Four international companies remained in battle, that is Sikorsky, Eurocopter,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 22606
Rome, Italy, 01/18/2002 10:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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