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Boeing receives new
fuselages for AH-64D
Apache Block III New Ka-62 unveiled

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) The recent debut of the Ka-62, a
recently delivered the first 10 new new medium-weight, multi-purpose
fuselages specially designed for the helicopter that its manufacturer said is
AH-64D Apache Block III helicopter. designed for cargo transport, medevac
Boeing stated that it will produce and search-and-rescue missions,
approximately 50 AH-64D Apache caused some excitement in the industry.
Block IIIs for the US Army, and that According to manufacturer Russian
defense forces elsewhere in the world Helicopters, the Ka-62 is a single-rotor Malaysia’s Weststar
have contracted or are considering design with an enclosed tail rotor, and
purchasing the Apache Block III. Bill includes features such as a five-blade Aviation receives
th
Elder, Boeing regional manager, rotor, secondary hydraulics circuit, 500 AW139
Northeast Asia, Attack Helicopters energy-efficient wheeled landing gear, Weststar Aviation Services, said to be the
Business Development noted, “The strengthened fuselage and fuselage largest operator of AgustaWestland’s
Apache’s role has dramatically changed attachment points, as well as shock- AW139 helicopters in Asia, was
over the years, and it is vital for Boeing absorbing seats. honoured with AgustaWestland’s 500 th
to give its customers the capabilities AW139. The aircraft was accepted by
they need in a package that will perform Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim,
for many years to come.” Group MD of Weststar and is the 13 th
aircraft delivered of the company’s order
Russian Helicopters of 16. “As the leading offshore aviation
and AgustaWestland services provider in the region, Weststar
Aviation Services is proud to be affiliated
to develop 2.5-tonne with the top helicopter manufacturers
helicopter in the world and honoured to be a
Helicopter manufacturers Russian part of this impressive milestone for
Helicopters and AgustaWestland have AgustaWestland. The AW139 helicopter
agreed to jointly develop, produce is truly the best in its class and it has
and market a new 2.5-tonne single- served us very well,” said Tan Sri Syed
engine helicopter, which they say will Linfox inks contract Azman Syed Ibrahim.
be for the worldwide market. The
Preliminary Agreement was signed at for three AW169s
the Farnborough International Airshow, In July 2012, AgustaWestland into the Australian corporate/VIP
by AgustaWestland’s CEO Bruno announced that Linfox, an Australia- transport market. Emilio Dalmasso,
Spagnolini and Dmitry Petrov, CEO of based logistics services provider, had SVP of the Commercial Business Unit,
Russian Helicopters. This is not the first signed a contract for three AW169 AgustaWestland said, “We are very
time the two companies have worked helicopters, to be used for corporate pleased that Linfox has chosen the new-
together: previously, they established transport missions in Melbourne, generation AW169 to meet its future VIP
HeliVert to assemble AW139 helicopters Victoria. According to the company, this transport requirements as it moves up
at a plant in Moscow. order was the AW169’s breakthrough to a 4.5-tonne category helicopter.”

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