New Zealand Defence Minister Phil Goff announced the Cabinet has approved the start of contract negotiations with AgustaWestland, the preferred tenderer for the supply of training-light utility helicopters to the New Zealand Defence Force. "The negotiations for five AgustaWestland 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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