Eurocopter España bade farewell to 2007 with the sale of eleven new helicopters earmarked for various bodies within the Spanish Interior and Defence Ministries. As a result of these contracts, the Directorate General for Traffic (DGT) will be equipped with four AS355NP twin-engine multi-mission helicopters and two EC135 twin-engine multipurpose helicopters capable of instrument flights, which have become a world reference for police missions, with more than 600 units sold worldwide since they were first launched on the market in mid 1996. This agreement is worth approximately 20 million euros. weiter

The first EC635 destined for the Swiss Air Force successfully performed its maiden flight at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility on May 23. The program, which foresees the delivery of a total of 18 EC635 for transport and training missions and two EC135 for Federal Air Transport Services and for which the contract was signed in April 2006, is fully on schedule. The EC635s/EC135s will successively replace the Swiss Air Force’s Alouette III helicopters. weiter

Am 28. Dezember 2006 unterzeichnete die spanische Regierung einen Kaufvertrag über 45 taktische Transporthubschrauber des Typs NH90 zur Ausrüstung ihrer Streitkräfte. Der spanische Ministerrat hatte am 22. Dezember seine Zustimmung dazu gegeben. Die NH90- Hubschrauber sind Teil des Programms zur Modernisierung der Flotte mittlerer Transporthubschrauber des spanischen Verteidigungsministeriums. weiter