Nuovi elicotteri da addestramento per la Gran Bretagna .....

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Il Ministero della Difesa britannico sta lanciando una competizione per la fornitura di nuovi elicotteri da addestramento in sostituzione degli attuali 'AS350 B3 Squirrel HT1' .....

The UK Ministry of Defence has kicked off the acquisition process to replace its fleet of 34 Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3 Squirrel HT1 trainers.
Although the MoD declines to reveal details of its request for proposals, an article in the Desider magazine published by its Defence Equipment & Support procurement body reveals that the document has been “issued to six companies”.

Fonte ..... "UK MoD begins training helicopter acquisition" .....
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... on-403559/

'Desider - September 2014' ..... (alle pagine 8 e 9) .....
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... sept14.pdf
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La notizia ..... secondo Jane's .....

"UK seeks new contractor for helicopter training" .....
http://www.janes.com/article/42930/uk-s ... r-training

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Affiorano ora alcuni dettagli .....

Three bidders – and three different aircraft manufacturers – are in the running to supply a new fleet of helicopters for use by the UK armed forces under the Military Flight Training System (MFTS) programme.
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Airbus Helicopters is thought to be offering its EC135 and EC145 light and medium twins, Cobham is pitching an AgustaWestland-based solution – likely to be the skid-equipped AW109 Trekker light twin – and Elbit is utilising Bell Helicopter products for its proposal, believed to be the 407.

Fonte ..... "UK defence helicopter training bid detail emerges" .....
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... es-406497/
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