Airbus H145

Britain’s Military Flying Training System is to take delivery of four more Airbus H145 Jupiter helicopters to support an upgrade in pilot training requirements.

Airbus has delivered the first of seven H145 twin-engine light helicopters to the German Army.

Germany’s defense ministry has ordered seven Airbus H145 twin-engine light helicopters to serve in the search-and-rescue role.

Airbus Helicopters is preparing to ramp up production rates of its H175 super-medium and H225 heavy helicopter.

Bruno Even, 49, who has run Safran’s helicopter engine business since 2015, will take over from Guillaume Faury, the company announced Feb. 14.

Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury has said that 2016 was as difficult a year for the rotary-wing industry as 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis. And it is unlikely to improve this year.