Marignane, France - To maintain the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft fleet
(WAPA) - "Eurocopter, through its Australian subsidiary, Australian Aerospace, and the Australian Government signed today a nine year contract worth $ 201 million for deeper maintenance of the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft. The AP-3C fleet is based at RAAF Edinburgh and the work is carried out at RAAF Bases at Richmond and Edinburgh.
AP-3C Orion aircraft are critical to Australia’s national and international maritime patrol reconnaissance and strike capability and play a significant role in Australian border protection and in operations in the Middle East and other parts of the world.