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Bell Helicopter Textron Company радуетс

TENDER FOR ATTACK HELICOPTERS -BELL COMPANY OFFICIALS EXPRESS EXCITEMENT OVER WINNING TENDER
WASHINGTON - Lewis Campbell, Director General of Bell Helicopter Textron Company, which won the first place in Turkey's tender for attack helicopters, said in a statement he made on Friday, that they were very happy and excited with being preferred against the other rival companies vying in the tender.
The Bell Helicopter Textron officials, in the statement they made to the A.A, said that AH-1Z type King-Cobra, the newest member of the Cobra family, was a special type of craft developed also for the U.S Navy Infantry Command.

The statement said that King Cobra was the most modern, and most cost- beneficial craft of the world, and expressed hope that the Cobras would be produced jointly by Bell Helicopter Textron and the Turkish Aviation and Space Industries (TAI).

The statement said that the cost of the fifty helicopters, the first party of a total of 145 crafts, would be produced at an estimated cost of around 1.5 billion U.S dollars, that the main producer would be the TAI, and that many other Turkish companies would be taking part in the production process.

Campbell said in his statement, that the Bell Helicopter Textron would cooperate with Turkey in the production process by means of technology transfer, and by providing technical services.

Any contract to be signed between Turkey and Bell Helicopter Textron Company, will require the approval of the Pentagon, the State Department, and the Congress.