Interview with naval aviators: between P-8A, Sea Tiger and drones - challenges of the next decade...

Another cancelled defence project: At the beginning of November, Norway finally cancelled the procurement contract from 2001 for fourteen NH90s, which had already been terminated in 2022 due to delivery deviations and maintenance problems, by mutual agreement and by resolving all disputes with the French-dominated NHIndustries (Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo, Fokker). NHI will take back the eight NH90s delivered to date, including spare parts,...

The Ministry of Defence in Wellington has decided not to rely on civilian helicopters as initially planned, but on tried-and-tested military models such as the NH90, AW159 Wildcat, MH-60R Seahawk or a modified Bell 412. Only five of the former eight Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters from the ten originally manufactured for Australia are still in use.

The NH 90 has gradually replaced the Sea King, which has proven its worth for decades. The helicopter's modern and flexible equipment enables a wide range of missions. In the 1980s, Germany increasingly focused its defence strategy on interoperability. Due to the very high development costs of new aircraft, the joint initiative of a medium-weight helicopter was born, which...

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The Bundeswehr has been planning to procure a Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) for several branches of the armed forces for a number of years, which will be used in particular to train pilots between the completion of their basic helicopter training and deployment on their operational helicopter such as the NH90 or the Tiger. According to the original ideas, the...

In the coming years, the new NH90 NTH helicopters will replace the German Navy's familiar Sea Kings. The naval aviators took delivery of the first examples in mid-2020. However, it will be some time before the Sea Lion is available to the fleet as an operational helicopter...

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