Six of the most superior helicopters in the world may be becoming a member of the Israeli Police over the following couple of months.
the brand new helicopters were symbolically presented to Operations Division Commander Alon Levavi at a ceremony in Dallas, Texas closing Thursday. The transport of the helicopters to Israel may be performed in phases over the arriving months.
the new helicopters are meant to exchange the Israel Police's ageing fleet of Bell 206 helicopters, a design which dates lower back to the Nineteen Sixties.
the primary four of the new helicopters Israel will get hold of can be of the only-engine H125 mannequin. in accordance with helicopter brand Airbus Helicopters, the H125 "outclasses all other single-engine helicopters for efficiency, versatility, safety, low maintenance, and low acquisition charges, whereas excelling in high & scorching and intense environments."
In mid-2017 Israel acquire the ultimate two helicopters, which might be twin engine fashions.
Israeli defense electronic enterprise Elbit methods Ltd. (ESLT), backed the purchase of the helicopters for $a hundred and fifteen million. ESLT will also be tasked with holding and enhancing the helicopters as obligatory.
The Israeli police launched an announcement concerning the ceremony during which the helicopters had been presented to Operations Division Commander Levavi. "here is a ancient experience that should be documented and shown to the Israeli public."
it is expected that the new helicopters will boost the police's capabilities in combating crime and terrorism.
