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Agusta-Westland Helicopters Tapped For New Zealand Defence Force

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

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New Zealand Defence Minister Phil Goff announced the Cabinet has approved the start of contract negotiations with Agusta-Westland, the preferred tenderer for the supply of training-light utility helicopters to the New Zealand Defence Force. "The negotiations for five Agusta-Westland A109LUHs and a flight simulator will commence shortly and I expect a contract to be signed in the first quarter of next year," Goff said Oct. 30. "The helicopters should enter service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 2010.…

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