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Sweden Orders Saab To Continue Maintenance And Support For Helicopter 15 AW109s

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

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Saab received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) for continued delivery of complete support and maintenance for Helicopter 15 (Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland AW109) during 2018 and 2019, the company said May 2.The order covers all 20 of Sweden’s Helicopter 15 units. It includes material and technical personnel, base staff in the form of management, planning and administration, logistics and material provision, and on-call services in the form of additional technical personnel and services.The AW109 is a lightweight, twin-engine,…

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