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Middle East center of excellence proposed
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: Sikorsky Aircraft and Gulf Helicopters of Doha, Qatar, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore establishing an aviation center of excellence 
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Sikorsky Aircraft and Gulf Helicopters of Doha, Qatar, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore establishing an aviation center of excellence in the Middle East. The proposed center would provide maintenance support, spares, training and design/development services to Sikorsky, Gulf and other commercial and governmental aircraft owners and operators in the Middle East region. According to the MOU, the center would establish a fleet management operations center to provide logistical support as well as local parts inventory from Sikorsky and other aircraft manufacturers. It would also operate a customer support center that would enable it to perform organizational, intermediate and various degrees of depot-level maintenance on rotary-and fixed-wing aircraft.