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Algeria
Leonardo speeds up Sétif helicopter project

Italian manufacturer Leonardo is betting on the fourth quarter of 2021 for the arrival of its first "made in Algeria" helicopter, which is being built in partnership with the Armée Nationale Populaire. [...]

Published on 19.01.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Armee Nationale Populaire
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Groupement aérien de la protection civile
Kamel Beldjoud
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Leonardo Helicopters Algeria
Mouloud Belhadj

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Armee Nationale Populaire
Benjamin Farina
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Groupement aérien de la protection civile
Kamel Beldjoud
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Algiers boosts its army and police helicopter fleet with Airbus and Leonardo

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Airbus Helicopters tries to get back in the action with the military and gendarmerie

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Nigerian Air Force to pay more than €1bn for 24 Leonardo fighter aircraft

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Turkey's Aselsan seeks to muscle in on military radar project

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