Same class, different market
Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling made it clear at a press conference here in Paris that there will be no synergy between the Korean Helicopter Program (KHP) an

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling made it clear at a press conference here in Paris that there will be no synergy between the Korean Helicopter Program (KHP) and the EC 175. Although these two programs share the same class–seven metric tons (5,400 pounds)–and the same timing–first flight in mid 2009–they are completely different, he asserted.

“They might have some parts in common but the EC 175 is purely civil while the KHP is purely military,” Bertling stated. An export version of the KHP is planned but it will remain out of the EC 175’s scope, he insisted. Eurocopter is jointly developing EC 175 (Z15, under its Chinese designation) with AVIC II, under a 50/50 venture.

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