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L-3 Link Receives First Export Sale of Rotary Wing Operational Flight Trainers

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

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L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) [LLL] yesterday said it was awarded a contract from the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to build two UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFT) for the Taiwan army similar to those used on the U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI program. This award represents L-3 Link’s first export sale of its advanced rotary-wing OFT product line and was a result of a letter of agreement between the United States…

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