South Africa Confirms Contract For Agustawestland Super Lynx 300
Date: 14 August 2003
At a signing ceremony held in Pretoria today, Minister Lekota, Minister of Defence signed the agreement on behalf of the Department of Defence for the supply of four Super Lynx 300 maritime helicopters together with an initial product support package. Super Lynx 300 will be operated by the South African National Defence Force and will be utilised as a ship-borne helicopter operating from the new MEKO Class Corvettes.
The South African Government announced in November 1998 their intention to select the Super Lynx 300 as their preferred solution following a thorough evaluation of the aircraft and its competitors.
Developed from the Super Lynx 100, Super Lynx 300 incorporates an all new integrated "glass" cockpit with a colour liquid crystal display system. The more powerful CTS800-4N engines, jointly developed by Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, complemented with a Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) delivers over 30% more power.
Source: AgustaWestland / FlugRevue
