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Leonardo To Establish Australia Helicopter Repair And Overhaul Facility

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

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Italy’s Leonardo concluded an agreement with Australia’s Ministry of Defence to establish a helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility in Melbourne in late April.The facility will be capable of servicing the MRH Taipan-variant of the NK-90 helicopter, foreign NH-90 models, and certain civil helicopter main gear boxes, the company said. It is planned to be set up in an existing Leonardo facility and begin operations in mid-2020.The new facility is set to require 12 technical staff for upwards of 30…

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