Airbus Helicopters starts X6 heavy helicopter development

Airbus Helicopters Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said at the Paris air show on Tuesday that the unit of Airbus Group (AIR.PA) plans to start a two-year development phase for a new heavy helicopter named the X6. Reuters reported previously that Airbus Helicopters planned to launch the X6, a long-awaited follow-up to its H225 Super Puma model, at Paris Airshow after the resolution of a standoff between Airbus and the French government over funding for the project. Faury said he was also "keeping an eye" on the sale of Sikorsky.

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