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Airbus Hands Over First EC725 Helicopter to Indonesia

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

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Airbus Helicopters presented the first of six EC725 rotorcraft, acquired for combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions, to Indonesia at the company’s Marignane, France facility on Nov. 6. Members of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, Indonesia Air Force, and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) were present to accept the aircraft. PTDI will complete mission equipment outfitting and customization in the company’s West Java Facility in Bandung before the helicopter is delivered to the Indonesia Air Force by mid-2015, Airbus said in…

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