Eight NH90s for Royal New Zealand Air Force

Yes, another customer for my favourite helicopter, the NH90!!! 🙂

The 400th NH90 Will Be For New Zealand
AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that today Hon Phil Goff, Minister of Defence of New Zealand, and Mrs Gala Gonçalvès, General Manager of NHIndustries, signed the contract to supply 9 NH90 medium-lift helicopters to provide 8 operational helicopters to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). The signing ceremony between New Zealand and NHIndustries took place in Wellington after a two-week final negotiation round-up….

Defence Minister, Phil Goff today signed a contract with NH Industries for the purchase of eight NH90 helicopters to replace the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s fleet of ageing Iroquois.

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Sources:
http://www.agustawestland.com/communication_det.asp?id_news=257&yy=2006

http://www.airforce.mil.nz/