Norway's Helikopter Service has been awarded a NoK40 million ($5.4 million) contract by the Finnish Government to modify three Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma helicopters for the Finnish frontier guard.
Although preliminary engineering work will start immediately, modification work on the first two helicopters is not scheduled to begin until 1998, and will not start on the third AS332L until 1999.
The programme will include the installation of new radar equipment, television and infra-red cameras, and an improved navigation system on the machines.
The Stavanger Airport-based helicopter operator, which has a fleet of 70 Super Puma variants, was recently awarded a one-year extension to its annual contract with Norwegian Government-owned Statoil and BP Norge to transport personnel and cargo to and from the oil rigs within the southern sector of the North Sea. The $14 million contract will be extended from 1 January, 1998.
Source: Flight International
