Sayyid Badr visits Italian helicopter maker

Rome: Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidy, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, and his accompanying delegation on Tuesday visited Leonardo, which supplies super-helicopters (NH90 and NH90) used by the Royal Air Force of Oman. The minister met a number of company officials, who briefed the company’s work. During the meeting, many technical topics were discussed by the Royal Air Force of Oman officials and the company. The minister was accompanied by Air Vice Marshal Matar bin Ali bin Matar al Obaidani, Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman, Dr Ahmed bin Salim bin Mohammed Baoma, Sultanate’s Ambassador to Italy.