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Airbus And IAR Sign Agreement For Cooperation On Romanian H215M

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

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Airbus and majority Romania’s IAR Brasov signed an agreement for exclusive cooperation on Romanian H215M multi-role helicopters, Airbus said April 13.Under the general agreement, IAR will become the prime contractor for any Airbus-produced H215M helicopters that the Romania Minister of Defense may order to replace their maturing fleet.Airbus inaugurated its Airbus Helicopters Industries factory in Brasov, Romania in 2016. The facility is set to house production of the H215 in Romania.Neculai Banea, general director of IAR highlighted the agreement comes…

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