Rotor - Eurocopter

08
EVENTS
1 JUNE 16
• Eurocopter’s Brazilian subsidiary Helibras
delivered the fifirst
EC145 to a South American
customer. The helicopter will be used for VIP
transportation.
• Australian Aerospace and Nexter Systems
signed a 5-year support contract for the turreted guns
used by the Australian Army’s Tiger ARH fleet.
• Jens Goennemann, CEO of Australian
Aerospace, andd Jean-Franç F ois i Coutris, i
ex exec ecut utiv ive e vi vice ce ppre
resi side dent nt oof
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a 6-year renewable support contract covering
maintenance, repair and spare parts for the
STRIX observation and sighting system
used on the Australian Army’s 22 Tigers.
R O T O R JO URNAL - NO . 8 3 - OCT O BER/ N O VEMBER 2009
HIGHLIGHTS
ARTICLE: MONIQUE COLONGES
1
JUNE 15
• Accompanied by Eurocopter President and
CEO Lutz Bertling g and EADS CEO Louis Gallois,
the French Prime Minister François Fillon visited the
Eurocopter static display area, where he took a special
interest in the Bluecopter technology demonstrator.
• An agreement was signed between Eurocopter
and ATE, the South African weapon system manufacturer,
covering the design, development, manufacturing and
support services for a stand-alone weapon system (SAWS)
that could one day be installed on light and medium-weight
Eurocopter helicopters.
1
JUNE 16
• Eurocopter signed
a 10-year research and
technology cooperative
agreement t with the National
Research Council Canada
(NRC), covering areas such as
manufacturing techniques, flight fl
testing and research to improve
environmental protection.
1
JUNE 16
• Pawan Hans, India’s
number one helicopter operator
in both the civil and parapublic
markets, signed a contract
with Eurocopter for three
AS350 B3 Ecureuil/AStars.
The Indian operator currently
operates a fleet fl of 27 Dauphins
— the largest in the world.