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EADS Tiger Helicopter Has Successful Firing Campaign With Spike Missile

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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

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The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co.'s (EADS) Eurocopter unit recently said it had successfully completing a firing campaign using the Spike air-to-ground missle as part of the development of the HAD (support and destruction helicopter) version of the Tiger. The firing campaign was conducted at Spain's El Arenosillo firing range, which belongs to the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA). Spain is one of two customers for the HAD version of the Tiger: the Spanish armed forces have…

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