Mon, Sep 27, 2010
Helicopters Will Be Assigned To Transport And Civil Security
Operations
The Mexican Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with
Eurocopter for the purchase of six EC725 helicopters. Together with
the same number of rotary-wing aircraft ordered in March of last
year, Eurocopter will now be supplying a total of 12 EC725s to
Mexico’s SEDENA (Secretaría de La Defensa Nacional)
beginning in the second quarter of 2011 for use in transport and
civil security missions.
The signature ceremony, held last week in Mexico City, was
attended by Guillermo Galván Galván, the Secretary of
National Defense; the Commander of the Mexican Air Force, Division
General Leonardo González García; the Director
General of Administration, Brigadier General Augusto Moisés
Garcia Ochoa, who represented the Ministry of Defense; Ernesto
Cordero Arroyo, the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit; and
Joseph Saporito, Eurocopter’s Executive Vice President
– Commercial Helicopters.
This contract represents a further consolidation of
Eurocopter’s presence in Mexico, which is managed by its
Eurocopter de Mexico S.A. de C.V. subsidiary. A majority of the
country's government departments have been operating Eurocopter
helicopters for decades, which are utilized in supporting the
airlift and transportation needs of the Mexican President, the Navy
Secretariat, the Ministry of Defense and other users.
“Such an important follow-on order underscores the confidence
that Mexico’s government has placed in Eurocopter, which
builds on our subsidiary’s 28 years of experience and
investment in the country,” said Saporito.
Eurocopter de México is based at Mexico City
International Airport, providing maintenance services for
helicopters located in the region. Staffed by nearly 200 employees,
Eurocopter de México does aircraft assembly, maintenance and
painting at its Mexico City International Airport facilities.
It also provides professional training for helicopter pilots and
technicians through partnership agreements with educational
institutions such as the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN),
Mexico’s National Technical Professional School (CONALEP),
the country’s Pilot Training Academy and Heliescuela. In
addition to its Mexican market responsibilities, Eurocopter de
México also covers Central America, northern South America
and the Caribbean.
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