Canadian firm in deal for Vietnam navy aircraft

摘要

A Canadian company has become the first Western firm to build fixed-wing aircraft for the military in communist Vietnam, which is seeking to upgrade its maritime defences. Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia, said it has finalised with the Vietnamese navy a purchase agreement for six amphibious DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft, in a statement obtained by AFR It said the deal would give the navy its first fleet of fixed-wing aircraft, some of which are designed specifically for marine patrol.