Leonardo contracted to develop Italian Army A129 combat helicopter's successor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leonardo-Finmeccanica on Friday announced it reached an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Defence for the development and the production of the New Exploration and Escort helicopter (NEES). The NEES platform will replace the A129 combat helicopter actually in service with the Italian Army. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2017/january/3232-leonardo-contracted-to-develop-italian-army-a129-combat-helicopter-s-successor.html">Read more</a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYJeRPeBKa6sBoao5Jb1CSVaBtGLIoytAP8Zq-ERnj0gMUOp6lZIKqdyB0_QaC7sdmyOMrL80YB_taEHh3pmEFE3SELYe6q8Rbj6axp2bZWsDOMZ2bPwHWTNHlpM-CvrkVh9N1RSFatY/s1600/Leonardo_contracted_to_develop_Italian_Army_A129_combat_helicopter_s_successo_640_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYJeRPeBKa6sBoao5Jb1CSVaBtGLIoytAP8Zq-ERnj0gMUOp6lZIKqdyB0_QaC7sdmyOMrL80YB_taEHh3pmEFE3SELYe6q8Rbj6axp2bZWsDOMZ2bPwHWTNHlpM-CvrkVh9N1RSFatY/s400/Leonardo_contracted_to_develop_Italian_Army_A129_combat_helicopter_s_successo_640_001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>An Italian Army A129 Mangusta combat helicopter</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><strong>(Credit: Esercito Italiano)</strong></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><a href="http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2017/january/3232-leonardo-contracted-to-develop-italian-army-a129-combat-helicopter-s-successor.html">Read more</a></b></span></div></div>

Leonardo contracted to develop Italian Army A129 combat helicopter's successor

Leonardo-Finmeccanica on Friday announced it reached an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Defence for the development and the productio...

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