Paris 2011: Aero Sekur airbags could soften helicopter crashes
Aero Sekur is continuing discussions with

Aero Sekur is continuing discussions with helicopter manufacturers here at the Paris Air Show in its search for a launch customer for its in-development, crash-landing protection system for helicopters, which it introduced last year at the Farnborough airshow.

The Italy-based company is exhibiting at two locations here at the air show, with one (Hall 1 Stand G293 in the Italian Pavilion) highlighting the work of its major research and manufacturing facility in Aprilia, south of Rome, and the other (Hall 2B Stand F156 in the UK Pavilion) focusing on the group’s developments outside aerospace and its global expansion, which includes offices in the UK, the U.S. and soon India (see box).