(Asien) VAE (Emirate) Streitkräfte

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Ob die Meldung über den Kauf von Helis hier so 100%ig hinpasst, sei mal dahingestellt, andererseits erspar ich uns nen neuen Thread

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UAE unveils 83.7-million-dollar order for Italian helicopters

ABU DHABI (AFP) Feb 15, 2005

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday ordered eight AB139 Italian-made helicopters worth 83.7 million dollars, its military procurement chief said on the third day of a major arms show.

Bell Agusta Aerospace Co. won the deal in the face of competition from France's Eurocopter, which had offered its EC155, Brigadier Obaid al-Ketbi, spokesman for IDEX 2005, told reporters.

The helicopters, manufactured in northern Italy under a joint venture between US firm Bell and Italian arms maker Augusta, will have a multi-role function in the Emirati armed forces, Ketbi said.

The UAE also signed Tuesday a 48-million-dollar contract with Swiss company Inovex Simulation and Training Ltd for the modernization of the training system of some army units, a deal for which France's Thales had also been vying, Ketbi said.

He said Abu Dhabi on Tuesday finalized deals totaling 717 million dirhams (195.3 million dollars) with foreign and local companies, including a 15-million-dollar contract with Italian firm Elettronica SPA for the supply of electronic equipment.
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