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Moroccan air force helicopter contract pits Airbus against US and Italian firms

A Caracal helicopter.
A Caracal helicopter. © Jakub Kaczmarczyk/EPA/MaxPPP
Airbus Helicopters is in pole position to sell several dozen transport and reconnaissance helicopters to Morocco's air force and its gendarmerie. But the competition is stiff, with the US firms Sikorsky and Bell and Italy's Leonardo keen to get a piece of the pie. [...]
Reading time 3 minutes Lazare Beullac, Paul Deutschmann, Maxime Paszkowiak
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