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DSA 2016: Indonesian Panther ready to pounce

13th April 2016 - 12:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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Airbus Helicopters is looking to speed up deliveries of its new AS565 Panther MBe to launch customers Indonesia and Mexico, with deliveries now due to commence at the end of the year.

The company confirmed to Shephard that initial deliveries of the latest MBe variant had been planned for mid-2017 but this had been moved forward as a result of requests from the customers.

The first production Panther MBe conducted its maiden flight last November and is now undergoing avionics and mission systems testing at Airbus Helicopters’ facility in Marignane, France.

Qualification of the twin-engine platform – which has performed

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