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Homeland Security

EADS Gets CBP Helicopter Order Worth over $150M

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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American Eurocopter, a subsidiary of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.'s North America division, has received a potential $150 million contract from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide up to AS350 B3 single-engine helicopters over five-years. The contract has a base year and four one-year options with the initial order for 17 aircraft. CBP already has 48 AS350 aircraft. EADS says that the first helicopter will be delivered in 2009 with a target delivery schedule of one aircraft every…

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