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​ Paris Air Show: Ardiden 3G receives EASA cert

20th June 2017 - 09:00 GMT | by Helen Haxell in Paris

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Safran Helicopter Engines’ Ardiden 3G has received EASA type certification, with the company marking the milestone at a ceremony at the Paris Air Show on 19 June with Russian Helicopters whose Kamov Ka-62 is powered by the engine.

The other variant of the Ardiden 3 is AVIC’s 3C/WZ16 engine, which will be utilised on board its AC352, the Chinese version of the H175, which first flew at the end of last year.

Safran Helicopter Engines chief of programme for medium-heavy helicopter engines Jean-Baptiste Jarin told Shephard that despite the EASA type certification, the manufacturers of the two platforms that

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Helen Haxell was Air Editor at Shephard Media, having joined in February 2016 as Editor …

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