France Receives Two NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter From Eurocopter

Eurocopter has delivered two NH90’s Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) and the seventh NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH) to the French armament procurement agency, DGA. The NH90 TTH will be deployed for use in training first aircrews at the French Armed Forces Training Center (CFIA). The NH90 TTH helicopters will replace the Pumas which are in service with the French Army Air Corps. The seventh delivered NH90 NFH will become part of the initial ship-based group based on the Aquitaine multi-mission frigate by 2013 and it will also be the assigned anti-ship and anti-submarine missions in operation from French Navy frigates. Dominique Maudet, Executive Officer for France & Vice President of Global Business and Services said, “We are especially proud to play a part in the important missions that the French armed forces will carry out in the interest of the French nation with these technologically-advanced aircraft”. The next-generation NH90 TTH has been designed for utility transport and logistics, combat search & rescue, medical evacuations, Special Forces operations, anti-terrorism and equipped with field-tested avionics that enable the helicopter to carry out missions both day and night regardless of the weather conditions.