After the Sea Lion, the German Navy is about to introduce the Sea Tiger. Insight into the status of further development of one of the world's most modern naval helicopters.
As part of the multinational NATO Helicopter 90 (NH 90) project, a helicopter family in the nine to eleven tonne class was developed for transport and naval missions. The initiators of the development programme were France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany.
Two basic versions, a naval helicopter (NFH) and a transport helicopter (TTH), were developed from a common basic helicopter. National helicopter variants were derived from the respective basic versions in order to fulfil specific national requirements.
With the NH 90 Sea Lion, the German Navy already operates an NFH variant that will take over the tasks of its predecessor, the Sea King Mk 41, not only in the tactical air transport of personnel and material over sea and land. The new helicopters will be
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Does anyone actually know why the navy used a tasty large shrimp as its namesake?
Hello and a happy new year 2025 Mr Eberl.
Thank you for your question. However, the naming has nothing to do with the tasty tiger prawns (whether blue or black, etc.).
The helicopters currently in use by the naval aviators are initially concerned with "cats of prey"; in this case: lynx, lion and tiger. The "prefix" -SEA- indicates that these are used at sea and are stationed on board a ship or can land there. This requires special material requirements as well as special experience and knowledge on the part of the pilots.
Yours sincerely,
For the editorial team
Klaus Klages