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Sikorsy Aircraft and Brazilian Engineering University Launch Collaboration For Rotorcraft Innovation

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

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Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] and the Brazilian Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) launched the Collaboration for Rotorocraft Innovation to accelerate the development of rotorcraft engineers in Brazil, the company said on Feb. 12.The collaboration will involve ITA using Sikorsky funds to supplement its aerospace engineering program to provide additional curriculum related to rotorcraft, staff to instruct the new material, and sponsored scholarships for research related to rotorcraft. The new curriculum is planned to be available in the fall 2015 semester.Sikorsky is…

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