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AgustaWestland Wins EDA Helicopter Tactics Study

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Friday, February 13th, 2009

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Finmeccanica's AgustaWestland, yesterday announced it has recently been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to conduct a six month Helicopter Tactics Program (HTP) Implementation Study. Financial terms were not disclosed. This contract follows an EDA award made in November 2008 for AgustaWestland to conduct a six-month feasibility study into HTP for nations deploying on multinational operations. As part of the U.K.-France helicopter initiative, the EDA has taken the lead in coordinating training among its participating member states.…

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