Australian Helicopters Come Full Circle

Australian Army helicopter

The Australian Army will replace its NHI NH90 helicopters, known locally as the MRH-90 Taipan, with Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters.

Credit: LACW Kate Czerny/Australian Army
The Australian Defense Force helicopter fleet is at an inflection point. For more than a decade, the army’s NHIndustries NH90 helicopters, locally known as the MRH-90 Taipan, suffered reliability and availability issues. Similarly, the country’s first dedicated attack helicopter program, the Airbus...

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