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their expertise to work building helicop­ ters for the civil market in the U.S.” Preparations will begin almost imme­


diately, with the final assembly line scheduled to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2014. Operations are set to expand in 2015 and the plant will produce up to 60 additional helicopters annually by 2016. The Columbus plant ­ American


Eurocopter’s second location in addi­ tion to its headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas ­ is currently responsible for both the assembly and testing of the highly successful UH­72A Lakota aircraft, for which more than 280 aircraft have been delivered on budget and on or ahead of schedule. Its teams also handle the par­ tial assembly of the AS350 from kits for certification flight tests before sending the aircraft to completion centers, where they are installed with customer­ specified interiors, instrumentation and special equipment. Eurocopter’s international develop­


ment allows the group to better meet its customers’ needs by remaining in


close proximity, no matter where they are in the world. Opportunities that allow, in addition to this proximity, an in­sourcing of high­value business in key markets reinforce the group’s com­ mitment to creating strong local indus­ trial footholds in both emerging as well as established markets.


Representing nearly 40% of


Eurocopter’s worldwide in­service rotorcraft fleet, some 3,549 AS350s are currently flying around the globe – with nearly one quarter of them in the U.S. alone. American Eurocopter delivered 42 new AS350 helicopters in 2012. 


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