Eight Italian helicopters will be bought by the Philippines.

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Eight Italian helicopters will be bought by the Philippines.

On October 31, it became known that the Philippine Air Force will sign a contract for the supply of AW109 helicopters with the Italian company AgustaWestland. The amount for which the deal was concluded is 3,4 billion Philippine pesos ($ 78,6 million). The new AW109 vessels will replace the outdated MD 530.

The contract will be signed in the near future, they want the helicopters to be delivered by the military by the end of 2014. Use AW109 will be used as shock machines during operations in the dark.

Designed new helicopter 8 people (or cargo weighing up to a ton of 1,4). The ship can develop a speed of up to 311 kilometers per hour.

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