Kazakhstan will acquire ECNNUMX 20 helicopters
European company Eurocopter (part of EADS) 10 in May 2012 issued a press release stating that during the defense exhibition KADEX-3 held in Astana from 6 to 2012 in Astana, the Government of Kazakhstan signed a letter of understanding regarding the acquisition of 20 medium Eurocopter multi-purpose helicopters EC725 Cougar for the Ministry of Defense of the Republic. The details of the agreement are not given, but it is indicated that helicopters should be assembled in Kazakhstan (apparently, at the facilities of the joint venture Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering established in Astana, where Eurocopter EC145 helicopters should also be assembled). It is also reported that earlier the government of Kazakhstan has already chosen the civilian version of the ES725 (helicopter EC225 Super Puma) for VIP traffic.
This is the third agreement for the purchase by Kazakhstan of military aviation production techniques of EADS. Earlier, an agreement was signed for the purchase (with a partial disruption in Kazakhstan) of 45 medium-sized multi-purpose Eurocopter EC145 helicopters (started supplying at the end of 2011, six vehicles have been delivered to date) and a contract for the purchase of two Airbus Military C-295M military transport aircraft with a memorandum mutual understanding for the purchase of six more such machines. At KADEX 2012, Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Talgat Zhanzhumenov, also announced ongoing negotiations with EADS regarding the acquisition of "up to four" new medium-sized military transport aircraft Airbus Military A400M.
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