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The Airbus H225 is on static display at Dubai Airshow in its configuration for the Kuwait Police.
DUBAI—The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) has ordered the Airbus H225M twin-engine heavy helicopter as part of an ongoing modernization drive.
Ten of the helicopters will be delivered and dedicated to combat search and rescue duties, the rotorcraft manufacturer announced on the second day of the Dubai Airshow.
They will replace an existing fleet of SA330 Pumas that have been in RMAF operation for more than 40 years.
According to Airbus, the helicopters will be equipped with rescue hoists, a searchlight, an electronic warfare system for self-protection and a Safran Euroflir, the electro-optical camera system.
The value of the contract, which was signed prior to the show and also includes a support and services package, was not disclosed. These services will likely be provided by a new customer center established by Airbus in Morocco in 2024. Airbus states this facility will develop into a service centre for MRO and will become the regional centre for Airbus helicopters in West Africa.
“This is another step in the partnership we have been building over the decades with the Kingdom of Morocco,” Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even said.
H225s are already in service with Morocco’s military police, the Gendarmerie Royale, but the RMAF’s order is part of its own wider rotary-wing modernization, which also includes the delivery of new AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the U.S.
The latest order also represents a significant boost for the wider Airbus Super Puma program, which has been buoyed by new orders from Hungary, Iraq, Kuwait and the Netherlands in recent years.
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