{"id":3465,"date":"2013-11-25T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2013-11-25T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T10:39:50","slug":"four-ec145s-for-perus-national-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gacetaeronautica.com\/gaceta\/wp-102\/four-ec145s-for-perus-national-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Eurocopter EC145s for the Peruvian National Police"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Right to left: Dominique Maudet (Executive VP, Business and Global Services, Eurocopter), Jean Jacques Beaussou (French ambassador to Peru), Jean-Yves Le Drian (French minister of defense), C\u00e9sar Villanueva Ar\u00e9valo (Peruvian cabinet chief of staff), Wilfredo Pedraza Sierra (Peruvian minister of the interior), lieutenant general Jorge Flores Goicochea (General Director, PNP), general Carlos Mor\u00e1n Soto (Chief of Staff, PNP) and several other Nacional Police officials (photo: v\u00eda Ana Cervera\/Pydsib).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a ceremony held on 4 November 2013 at Lima international airport, the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior<\/strong> took delivery of the first of four\u00a0Eurocopter EC145<\/strong>\u00a0twin-turbine helicopters purchased in late 2012 to update rotary wing resources at that South American national police (Polic\u00eda Nacional del Per\u00fa, or PNP). Since the acquisition was arranged through government-to-government channels, Peru’s Minister of the Interior,\u00a0Wilfredo Pedraza Sierra<\/strong>\u00a0(separated from government a few days later), and France’s minister of defence,\u00a0Jean-Yves Le Drian<\/strong>, presided over the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis country regards the modernization of our police aviation capabilities as a priority, and I am proud to be able to equip\u00a0our police with a helicopter that has proved its effectiveness with police forces around the world,\u201d said Pedraza. Le Drian, in turn, highlighted that the \u201cceremony serves to illustrate and reinforce the existing collaboration between the French Gendarmerie and the\u00a0Peruvian National Police”. And celebrating to see those “relations extending to the field of aviation”, he backed the European manufacturer by stating that \u00a0“Eurocopter is at the\u00a0technological forefront\u201d.<\/p>\n

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PNP-128 flying over El Callao a couple days before official hand-over to the Police Aviation Directorate (photo: Bryan Luna).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eurocopter expanding in Peru<\/h3>\n

Le Drian’s backing bred Eurocopter’s growth expectations in this Andean nation.\u00a0Eurocopter’s Peruvian fleet has tripled in recent years; the vast majority (around 40 aircraft) are light single-engine\u00a0helicopters from the Ecureuil range that are used for various types of aerial work. With the entry into service of the PNP\u2019s\u00a0EC145 medium-lift twin-engine helicopters, the delivery of two\u00a0Super Puma heavy-lift helicopters for the energy industry and increasing military interest in new-generation Cougar multirole helicopters,\u00a0the Eurocopter fleet continues to expand and diversify within the\u00a0country.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeru has embarked on an ambitious project to modernize its helicopter fleet across the civil, parapublic and military\u00a0sectors,\u201d said Dominique Maudet<\/strong>, Eurocopter executive vice president, Global Business and Services.\u00a0\u201cEurocopter is aiming\u00a0to become a strategic partner for Peru, helping along growth of the country\u2019s fleet by establishing new production, coproduction,\u00a0maintenance and training facilities\u201d, added\u00a0Mesrob Karalekian<\/strong>, vice president, Eurocopter\u00a0Latin America.<\/p>\n

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The four Peruvian EC145s pictured at Donauw\u00f6rth (Germany) in September, while on test flights (front to rear): D-HMBE\/PNP-128, D-HADF\/PNP-129, D-HADB\/PNP-127 and D-HADP\/PNP-130. Notice all helos wear German temporary markings and flags (photo: Charles Abarr\/Eurocopter).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These rotorcraft, the first in this BK-117 evolutionary variant to reach Peruvian soil, will operate from the Police Aviation Directorate<\/strong> at Lima\/El Callao (SPIM) to perform both public security and disaster relief missions. In addition to incorporating advanced flight control, communications and night-flying systems, the Peruvian EC145s will also be fitted with loudspeakers, foghorn, rescue hoist, searchlight and\u00a0infrared night vision goggles, with two of them enabled with video recording capabilities. One of those last two, in turn, will be fitted with a real-time data-link connecting it to a police central, which the former interior minister said would allow it to “broadcast live imagery”.<\/p>\n

The three remaining choppers, which in September were undergoing pre-delivery flight tests at\u00a0Donauw\u00f6rth (Alemania), are scheduled to be delivered every 15 days and before 20 December 2013. According to European sources, the purchase contract (signed by Eurocopter’s Chilean subsidiary) is valued at about\u00a0US $ 37.000.000 and their identities should be PNP-127 (c\/n 9616, ex D-HADB),\u00a0PNP-128 (c\/n 9621, ex D-HMBE), PNP-129 (c\/n 9623, ex D-HADF) and PNP-130 (c\/n 9612, ex D-HADP).<\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/strong>Internet sources<\/strong>: Andina<\/a>, Embajada de Francia en Per\u00fa (official)<\/a>,\u00a0Eurocopter (official)<\/a>, Helihub<\/a>, Infodefensa<\/a>, Presidencia del Per\u00fa (official)<\/a>,\u00a0Scramble<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>. Acnowledgements<\/strong>: Bryan Luna<\/a>\u00a0contributed photographs for this report.<\/p>\n

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In a ceremony held on 4 November 2013 at Lima international airport, the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior took delivery of the first of four\u00a0Eurocopter EC145\u00a0twin-turbine helicopters purchased in late 2012 to update rotary wing resources at that South American national police (Polic\u00eda Nacional del Per\u00fa, or PNP). 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