21 February 2012

News Story: Eurocopter writes to (Indian) Army Chief about chopper deal

AS 350 Fennec (Wiki Info)

NEW DELHI (PTI): Expressing "concern" over delays in finalising the deal for procuring 197 light helicopters for the defence forces, European defence major Eurocopter has written a letter to Army chief Gen V K Singh in that regard.

The European Eurocopter AS 350 Fennec is competing with Russian Kamov 226 'Sergei' for supplying these choppers to the Indian Army and Air Force in a project expected to be worth over USD 1.5 billion.

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