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The deal was announced on the sidelines of a Saudi-French investment forum being held during a visit by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to France that started last week.
Alakeel said the first helicopters produced at joint SCOPA and Airbus factories in Saudi Arabia would be seen with 24 months of next February’s World Defense Show, where he said the “foundation stone” for the project would be laid.
He added that SCOPA expects to manufacture more than 100 helicopters and create 8500 jobs in the kingdom. Without giving further details he said the company expects investments worth more than 25 billion riyals ($6.67 billion) over 20 years.
($1 = 3.7505 riyals)
