The more ambitious EC 725 design made its maiden flight at Marignane on the 27 November 2000 and the machine made its first presentation on the 15 January 2001.
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The Brazilian Government has announced that the Helibras factory in Itajubá, Minas Gerais, will produce, initially, 50 units of the Caracal (EC 725).
In addition to selling 50 EC-725 Super Cougar helicopters France agreed to work with Brazil to build four conventional submarines and one nuclear propulsion submarine.
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