NHIndustries NH90 Rebounds With Upgrade, Export Hopes

NHIndustries NH90 helicopter

Spain is set to emerge as a major NH90 operator, with a plan to contract 31 of the rotorcraft by year-end.

Credit: Francisco Francés Torrontera/Airbus Helicopters
The NH90 helicopter may have originally emerged from a NATO project to meet European rotorcraft needs for the 1990s, but the program’s industrial partners believe it could be part of the answer for the alliance for the 2040s. NATO’s Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability is intended to replace...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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