(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 25 – The Xiangjiang General Aviation Development Company has signed a contract in China for the acquisition of an AW139 helicopter and an AW109 Trekker. The helicopters will be used by various municipal administrations in the province of Hunan to carry out helicopter rescue, firefighting and security missions “. Leonardo announces this by speaking of” a new era in public helicopter rescue and firefighting services in China “: for the Italian aerospace company, defense and security “the project represents a new approach, supported by public authorities, for the creation of a nationwide air rescue and firefighting network in China. The province of Hunan, with a population of 66 million and a GDP of 700 billion dollars, is the first in China to have reformed its low-altitude airspace and paved the way for public helicopter rescue services with the constitution. of Xiangjiang “, which” with a mixed fleet consisting of the AW139 and AW109 Trekker, both to be delivered by 2023, will be able to carry out a wide range of public service missions, in view of future fleet growth and skills “. (ANSA).
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