©Police Aviation Research Number 118 February 2006 IPAR

Volo units cover Italy with 618 personnel operating P-68 Observer fixed-wing aircraft, and
AB-206, AB-212 and A-109 helicopters. In 2004 they performed 9,380 missions. [DM]
JORDAN
The Royal Jordanian Air Force has placed a firm order for four
additional EC635 light twin helicopters. Two of these helicopters
will be delivered at the end of 2006, the other two early 2007.
Further fleet increases are considered possible.
The original fleet [derived from a cancelled Portuguese order]
was delivered by mid-2004. The RJAF use the type for security
patrols in support of the police. [ECD/IPAR]
LIBYA
AgustaWestland has announced a contract to supply ten A109E Power helicopters to Libya
for border patrol. The deliveries of the first two helicopters are expected at the end of 2006
and the beginning of 2007.
This contract is a €80M part of a programme whereby Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland and
the Libyan Company for Aviation Industry have started setting up a helicopter industry in
Libya. The signed agreement is to form a joint venture called the Libyan Italian Advanced
Technology Company (L.I.A.TE.C.). LIATEC will be 50%-owned by the Libyan Company for
Aviation Industry, with Finmeccanica and AgustaWestland holding 25% each.
LITHUANIA
An agreement has been signed with Eurocopter to buy three additional helicopters for the
Baltic area countries Border Guard [Valstybệs Sienos Apsaugos Tarnyba/VSAT] to conduct
patrols on its border with Russia and Belarus.