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Safran And Avic Sign Deal For 120 Helicopter Engines
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The order for 120 WZ16/Ardiden 3C turboshaft engines will power the Avic AC352 helicopter, the Chinese version of the EC175.
Subject Area
Business Aviation
Channel
Rotorcraft
Aircraft Reference
EC175 Series
Teaser Text
The order for 120 WZ16/Ardiden 3C turboshaft engines will power the Avic AC352 helicopter, the Chinese version of the EC175.
Content Body

Safran Turbomeca and Avic Dong’an announced on March 26 an initial order for 120 WZ16/Ardiden 3C turboshaft engines that will power the Avic AC352 helicopter, the Chinese version of the Airbus Helicopters EC175. Certification of the engine by Chinese aviation authorities is expected at the end of 2015. Safran Turbomeca and Avic Dong'an launched the joint project to develop, produce and support the engine in 2008. Based on the success of this cross-border partnership, the two companies also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a new project for commercial jet engines. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, and François Hollande, President of France, attended the signing in Paris.

 

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Rotorcraft
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