[electronic translation]  Delivery of the first helicopter model Panther K2, modernized for the Brazilian Army, next December, will mark the beginning of an important phase for Helibras. In addition to celebrating the completion of an important business model – the retrofit of military aircraft, already adopted in several countries – the company also completes another step in the process of training its technicians and that will be important to turn it into one of the pillars Eurocopter’s worldwide group.

The retrofit of military aircraft has been used in fleets involving high technology goods and high value procurement, such as helicopters, airplanes and warships.

In case the contract between Helibras and the Brazilian Army, the modernized helicopter that has just started flight testing is the first of a total of 34 units to be modernized. They will receive a new wiring, new hood, integrated screen VEMD a new Glass Cockpit, new four-axis autopilot, new Arriel engine 2C2CG 40% more powerful air intake and larger radiator and a transmission main box fully modernized . Will also have new weather radar and altimeters, modern radio navigation and communication, and a new tail rotor, greatly increasing performance and security.

“After all the other phases that included a refinement of the preliminary and detailed design of the aircraft, run by our Engineering Center, and sending and Mechanical Engineers for Eurocopter in France to attend training” On The Job “also we are finalizing studies for certification and qualification, and training of pilots and instructors, “explains Marco Wagner, Program Manager of K2 Panther Helibras.

This project is enabling the Helibras a major technological leap, which, together with the manufacture of the Model EC725 and other ongoing programs, will lead the development and design of the new Brazilian helicopter planned for 2020. “The partnership between the company and the Armed Forces, built from a vision of the future, is already generating benefits for all of society, expanding the Brazilian industrial mesh, in addition to being a strategic step in the expansion program Helibras, already Bringing domain of important technologies, offered in a large model performance, as the case Dauphin family, which derives the military version Pantera, evaluates Eduardo Marson Ferreira, President of Helibras.

The modernization of Pantera K2 Aviation Army – Avex, will add more than 275,000 hours of work within the Helibras and is expected to end in 2021, after the delivery of the 34th Helicopter totally renovated. These helicopters that incorporate the most advanced equipment and gain a lifetime for over 25 years in business.