CHC Helicopter announced it has signed a 21-month contract with Australian Army to provide aeromedical evacuation (AME) and crash response support for deployments throughout Australia.
The contract will commence on Oct. 1, 2016 and run through to June 30, 2018. CHC currently provides search-and-rescue services to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and will use that fleet to provide services to Army.
CHC is Australia’s leading provider of helicopter search-and-rescue (SAR) and emergency medical services (EMS) with operations in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory.
“We are honored that Australian Army has chosen CHC to provide their AME and crash response support while their soldiers are on training deployment,” said Nick Mair, CHC regional director, Asia Pacific.
“CHC has long provided search-and-rescue support to RAAF and we are delighted to extend our services to the Australian Army. Our highly trained and experienced SAR/AME pilots, aircrew, engineers and ground operations team are looking forward to supporting Army over the coming months.”
The medical team for the contract, including a dedicated doctor and paramedic, will be provided by Medical Rescue Air Ambulance (MRAA), a current provider of CHC.
