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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Indian Air Force To Acquire Eurocopter Fennec AS 550 C3 Helicopters

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will buy a large number of Eurocopter Fennec AS 550 C3 helicopters to replace its ageing fleet of Chetak and Cheetah helicopters.

This was indicated by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major in an interview here with India Strategic. He did not name the make of the helicopter, but as the Indian Army has already chosen the Eurocopter over Bell 407 this year it is apparently going to be the same machine for the IAF as well as the Indian Navy and Coast Guard.

It may be noted that former defence secretary Shekhar Dutt, who introduced the offsets concept in defence procurement, has also ensured that the three services and Coast Guard go in for the same system if their required specifications are the same or nearly the same.

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