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Spain Orders 100 Airbus Helicopters
Spain's defense ministry places its largest helicopter order to date with 100 aircraft from Airbus, enhancing capabilities across all military branches.
- On Thursday, Spain's Defence Ministry placed an order for 100 helicopters from Airbus SE through the Directorate General for Armament and Material.
- Maria Amparo Valcarce Garcia, Spain's state secretary for defence, said the helicopters are `essential` for armed forces operations, and Airbus stated the investment targets increased security and Spain's national strategic autonomy.
- The procurement includes 13 H135, 50 H145M, six H175M, and 31 NH90 helicopters for Spain's defense forces.
- Split into four contracts, the purchase aims to boost the modernisation of Spain's defence and security assets and covers four helicopter models for the three branches of the Spanish Armed Forces.
- Airbus said the order is Spain's biggest military purchase to date and plans to develop its Albacete site into a Digital Campus with the University of Albacete and the Science and Technology Park of Castilla-La Mancha.
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Airbus Bags Contracts To Supply 100 Helicopters To Spanish Armed Forces
Airbus SE (EADSY.PK, EADSF.PK, AIR.MC, AIR.MI, AIR.PA, AIR.DE) said on Thursday that it has bagged orders for 100 Airbus helicopters from Spain through the Directorate General for Armament and Material of the Ministry of Defense.
This command of helicopters is the most important ever carried out by the Spanish Directorate-General for Armaments and Equipment (DGAM) The Spanish Ministry of Defence ordered from Airbus
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