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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland, Havelsan Sign Training MoU

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Turkey’s Havelsan said June 3 they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and jointly market and sell their complementary training products and capabilities. Witnessed by the Turkish Undersecretary for Defense Industry, Ismail Demir, the MoU was signed by Sadik Yamac CEO of Havelsan and Ross Kelly, AgustaWestland Head of Region for Turkey. “Havelsan wishes to provide simulation and synthetic training systems, including information management solutions, in support of the various rotorcraft platforms purchased by the Turkish…

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