Economy
Tuesday 09 August 2016
The emirate Kuwait pays for more than one billion euros for 30 new military helicopters. The contract for the long negotiated deal will receive at the end of the European company Airbus Helicopters.
The Gulf emirate of Kuwait buys for more than one billion Euro 30 military helicopters from European manufacturer Airbus Helicopters. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian signed in Kuwait a contract, such as the Ministry and the company announced rushed.
More aboutLe Drian declared the major contract for the helicopter type H225M Caracal strengthen the strategic partnership, “which connects the two countries for decades.” The department chief said the possibility the common fight against the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq. The helicopters destined for the army and the National Guard of the emirate. The H225M Caracal are used inter alia for transport.
The order was put in place last year. According to news agency AFP also the Italian manufacturer Agusta and the US company Sikorsky had tried for a tender for the contract. Airbus Helicopters is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus Group.
Source: n-tv.de
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