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| Bell 429 RAN (Photo: Raytheon) |
Raytheon Australia has commenced acceptance activities for the first of three Bell 429 helicopters that will be used to train Royal Australian Navy (RAN) pilots.
In September 2011, Raytheon Australia won a A$24 million contract ($25.9 million) to provide the RAN with three new Bell 429s for 1,500 tasking hours per year, said Raytheon.
The aircraft will be used under the navy's Retention and Motivation Initiative (RMI) 2