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Airbus Helicopters' H225M Caracal successfully passed Polish army tests 2705156.
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Airbus
Helicopters' H225M Caracal utility helicopter, preliminarily selected
by Poland in a $3 billion tender, has passed army tests, a prerequisite
for opening formal negotiations for the purchase of 50 helicopters, the
Polish army said on Wednesday, May 27. The H225M has been selected by
Poland for its medium-lift utility helicopter programme on 21 April.
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"The
presented helicopter has met the requirements set by the armed forces
as well as those described by the producer," General Miroslaw
Rozanski told reporters at the Powidz Air Base. He said that negotiations with Airbus could start in June and would last 90 days. Poland Ministry of National Defense will negotiate the contractual provisions of the contract, with the Ministry of Economy negotiating the offset package attached to the programme. Deliveries of the
Caracal are scheduled to begin in 2017, with the type set to replace
Poland's aging fleets of Mil Mi-8/17 'Hip' utility and Mi-14 'Haze'
ASW helicopters. The H225M carries a strong “punch” when called on, ready for everything from front-line missions to critical logistics support. Qualified armament includes a 7.62 mm machine gun in the forward cabin windows; along with 180-round 20 mm gun pods and 19-tube 2.75-in. rocket launchers. Included in the mission avionics are a flight management system with Doppler, GPS satellite navigation and SAR (search and rescue) modes; a digital moving map; a personal locator system; a loud speaker and a searchlight, among others. |
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