“Located in Bacau, the maintenance center will contribute to creating and supporting highly-skilled jobs in Romania and will ensure increased availability and lower operational costs for the S-70 Black Hawk helicopters operated by the Interior Ministry,” the company said in a release.
Prior to the inauguration, the Aerostar employees went to the Sikorsky training academy of Lockheed Martin in the US to go through the necessary training.
“Delivered last month, our Polish-built Black Hawks provide an important capability in support of Romania’s emergency services,” said Ray Piselli, Lockheed Martin’s Vice President of International Affairs, at the inauguration ceremony in Bacau.
In partnership with Aerostar, Lockheed Martin is already looking into opportunities to integrated support services for other products in Bacau.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)