{"id":26,"date":"2011-02-09T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/?p=26"},"modified":"2011-02-09T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:06:01","slug":"eurocopter-brings-the-as550-c3-fennec-helicopter-to-aero-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Eurocopter Brings the AS550 C3 Fennec Helicopter to Aero India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eurocopter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter will make its Indian public debut at this month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aero India 2011 exhibition in Bangalore, showcasing the candidate for India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s acquisition of new rotary-wing aircraft in reconnaissance and surveillance missions.<br \/>\nThe AS550 C3 Fennec recently completed field trials with full mission equipment for the Indian Armed Forces\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 reconnaissance and surveillance applications, demonstrating its capabilities as the successor to the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s existing fleet of Indian-produced Cheetah and Chetak helicopters \u00e2\u20ac\u201c both which are based on Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are very happy with the Fennec\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s performance during the recent trials, and are confident it is the ideal proposition as the rightful successor to the Cheetah and Chetak,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explained Rainer Farid, the Eurocopter Vice President of Sales for South Asia. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153By participating in the key competitive tenders with our best products, we hope to continue to support India in acquiring the right mission equipment and developing a strengthened aerospace industry.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The military-certified and combat-proven AS550 C3 Fennec has exceptional performance at high altitudes and in hot weather conditions. In addition to operating in Chile\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Andes Mountains at altitudes over 5,000 meters, Fennec helicopters have landed on Mount Everest and the Sziachin glacier in the Himalayas. Last month, a Royal Malaysian Navy Fennec assisted in the rescue of a hijacked Malaysian chemical tanker and its crew, firing on the Somali pirates\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mother ship to keep it at bay.<br \/>\n08\/02\/11 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenseworld.net\/go\/defensenews.jsp?id=5428\" target=\"_blank\">Defenseworld.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eurocopter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter will make its Indian public debut at this month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aero India 2011 exhibition in Bangalore, showcasing the candidate for India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s acquisition of new rotary-wing aircraft in reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The AS550 C3 Fennec recently completed field trials with full mission equipment for the Indian Armed Forces\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 reconnaissance and surveillance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,26,19],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-as550-c3-fennec-helicopter","tag-eurocopter","tag-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/aeroindia2011\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}