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2026
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Leonardo today opened a new building at its Sesto Calende facility dedicated to the development and manufacture of helicopter flight simulators. The investment builds on the training technologies and services available at the site since 2006, when the “A. Marchetti” Training Academy opened as Leonardo’s first helicopter training academy. It further establishes Sesto Calende as a development and production hub for simulation systems across the Company’s rotary-wing business.
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2026
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UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters operated by Helicopter Alliance responded to fires in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and took part in international missions in France and Serbia during the aerial firefighting season that has just ended. Helicopter Alliance provides aerial firefighting services using Black Hawk helicopters for the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic and the Fire and Rescue Corps of the Slovak Republic under framework agreements covering the period from June to September. These aircraft are also deployed from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to other European countries under the rescEU programme. Throughout this year’s season, Helicopter Alliance’s helicopters carried out 1,993 water drops during these operations, delivering nearly 6 million litres of water to fire sites.
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