SPP fire sets protect army attack helicopters

03.06.2002

Sterling SPP has recently supplied four pumpsets that will play a critical role in a new fire protection system installed in large hangars housing Army Apache attack helicopters at Wattisham Airfield, in Suffock.

The full article is available at the Sterling website.

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