President of Airbus Helicopters Faury Guillaume during a press conference in Warsaw , photo:
President Guillaume Faury Airbus Helicopters specially convened conference in Warsaw, said that in the next few years, the company will employ in Poland, more than two thousand employees . Before the tender
helicopter Airbus has already opened a design office in Lodz, which employs a hundred engineers.
In Poland, has created some concern
When the helicopter assembly work find hundreds of another person. – It’s a long-term policy of our company headquarters – to convince the conference president Guillaume Faury. He explained that in Poland, has created part of the group, not just the factory for the duration of the tender announced by the Ministry of Defence.
– Helicopter issues we want to treat Poland as well as our other factories in Germany, France and Spain – convinced the President of Airbus Helicopters.
attended the conference, President of Lodz Hanna Zdanowska told reporters that it is looking forward to future cooperation with the French company and investments that promise Airbus Helicopters authorities. – This is a great opportunity for the city – the president stressed Zdanowska. Therefore boat also intends to fight the production line of the so-called dynamic part of the helicopter. Airbus
Helicopters – apart from Lodz assembly line – going to invest in facilities in Radom and in Deblin. Mentioned by the President of Lodz factory for the production of gearboxes for helicopter rotors is an additional investment. It is not required by the contract announced by the Ministry of Defence.
Poles chose Airbus
According to the decision approved Tuesday by the Government, Defence intends to buy from a European company Airbus Helicopters 50 helicopters in various versions. Deals on Black Hawk machines from Mielec and AW149 from Swidnik were rejected on formal grounds. In the case of the first machine was about the lack of weapons, in the case of the second – for too long delivery period.
Description of the contract for the helicopters is planned for autumn this year. PZL Mielec (belonging to the American company Sikorsky) and PZL Swidnik (part of the Italian-British AgustaWestland), as well as rustic local governments have expressed disappointment MON choice. Protest Solidarity announced the aerospace industry, which had previously appealed to the tender includes the interests of Polish producers of rotorcraft.
General Mieczysław Gocuł, Chief of General Staff: select the best of the offered helicopters.
Source: Newseria
The contract is worth 13 billion zł
Airbus Group is present in Poland, but the plant is not related to the production of helicopters. Installation commissioning declared in Lodz and the inclusion of Polish companies in the supply chain group. MON expected benefits for the military here aviation facilities.
The contract is worth – as reported estimated leadership of the Ministry of Defence – about 13 billion dollars.
In proceedings for the supply of helicopters for the army took part in two other bidders: Sikorsky Aircraft with the Polish PZL Mielec and Swidnik owned by AgustaWestland. According to the Defense Ministry, both bidders lost because I did not met the formal requirements tender.
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