AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced the Government of the State of San Paulo in Brazil has placed an order for a GrandNew light twin helicopter scheduled to be delivered in 2014.
The aircraft will be operated by the Military Police of the State of San Paulo to perform environmental and forest patrols and airborne surveillance missions in the State of San Paulo.
The contract includes a logistic support and maintenance package, supplied by AgustaWestland do Brasil, headquartered in San Paulo.
Procurement was made under the Programa de Recuperação Socioambiental da Serra do Mar e Sistema de Mosaicos da Mata Atlântica (Social and Environmental Recovery Programme of the Serra do Mar and Atlantic Forest), following a tender issued by the State of San Paulo Forest Conservation.
The contract marks the first order by the Government of the State of San Paulo for an AgustaWestland helicopter and adds one more GrandNew in a law enforcement configuration in Brazil, following an order for one helicopter of same type made by the State of Rio de Janeiro.
A total of over 50 GrandNew helicopters have been ordered for the Brazilian market to cover VIP, corporate and passenger transport roles. With orders for over 330 helicopters from the Grand/GrandNew series have been placed by more than 200 customers in almost 40 countries worldwide, for law enforcement, maritime patrol and water pollution monitoring patrol, VIP, corporate, government and passenger transport, EMS, SAR, electronic newsgathering, harbor pilot shuttle and offshore transport roles.
