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Daher to design new helo airframe 
By: Thierry Dubois
Caption: Daher has signed a contract with Eurocopter to design, develop and produce a “new generation” airframe for light helicopters.
Word Count: 48
Daher has signed a contract with Eurocopter to design, develop and produce a “new generation” airframe for light helicopters. The airframe will offer “better tradeoff between performance and weight,” according to the company. Under the agreement, production will start in 2012 in Daher-Socata’s factory in Tarbes, southwest France.