Upgrade Program Aims to Create Euro Attack Helicopter
Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for the development, production, and initial in-service support of the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade program. The org represents a series of Spanish and French armament stakeholders, allowing both countries to avail themselves of cost benefits and economies of scale only available through a joint project. The contract to modernize the Tiger includes the upgrade of 42 French helicopters, with an additional option for 25, and 18 for Spain. The contract also contains a possible addition in the future, should Germany choose to upgrade to the MKIII.
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