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| Role: | medium transport/utility helicopter |
| Crew: | One to two pilots + 20 troops, 12 stretchers or one to two tacco/senso operators |
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| Length: | 19.56 m (rotors turning) |
| Fuselage length: | 16.13 m |
| Height: | 5.23 m |
| Rotor diameter: | 16.30 m |
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| Empty: | 5,400 kg |
| Maximum internal fuel: | 2,036 kg |
| Maximum take-off: | 10,600 kg |
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| Engines: | 2 x MTU/Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca MTR322 or General Electric T700-T6E turboshafts |
| Power: | 2 x 2,230 shp (1,660 kW) |
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| Maximum speed: | 300 km/h |
| Combat range (internal fuel): | |
| Ferry range (external fuel): | |
| Service ceiling: | |
| Maximum rate of climb: | 480 m/min |
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| Gun: | none |
| Missiles: | anti-submarine and/or anti-surface missiles (NFH version) |
The is a twin-engine, ten-ton multi-role
Helicopter manufactured by
NHIndustries , a company established by
Agusta ,
Eurocopter and
Stork Fokker Aerospace .
The NH90, which can be flown by a single pilot, is designed to operate by night and day and in poor weather.
On ,
Italy ,
Germany and the
Netherlands .
Portugal joined the agency on
21 June 2001 .
Design started in
1993 . The first prototype, the PT1, made its first flight on
18 December 1995 .
The second prototype, the PT2, first flew on
19 March 1997 and the third prototype, the PT3, on
27 November 1998 .
On
30 June 2000 an industrialisation and first-batch contract for 298 NH90s was signed between NAHEMA and NHI.
In
2001 , three additional customers signed purchase orders:
On
29 August 2003 ,
Greece ordered 34 NH90s with another 14 in option.
Deliveries are due to start in
2004 for the first German Army and Italian Army TTH versions and also for the Finnish Defence Forces TTT version.
From
2005 , the Italian and French navies will start to receive their NFH versions and the first Swedish and Norwegian NH90s will also be delivered.
The primary role of the NFH version is autonomous
Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) and
Anti-surface Unit Warfare (ASuW), mainly from naval ships. These aircraft are equipped for day and night, adverse weather and severe ship motion operations.
Additional roles include anti-air warfare support, vertical replenishment (vertrep), search & rescue (SAR) and troop transport.
The primary role of the TTH version is the transport of 20 troops or more than 2,500 kg of cargo, heliborne operations and search & rescue.
Additional roles include medical evacuation (12 stretchers), special operations, electronic warfare, airborne command post, parachuting,
VIP transport and flight training.
The current NH90 order book is as follows:
- French Navy: 27 NFH
- Italian Army : 60 TTH
- Italian Navy : 46 NFH
- Italian Navy: 10 TTH
- Italian Air Force : 1 TTH/CSAR (in option)
- German Army : 50 TTH + 33 TTH (in option)
- German Air Force : 30 TTH + 24 TTH (in option)
- German Navy : 38 NFH (MH-90)
- Dutch Navy : 20 NFH
- Portuguese Army : 10 TTH
- Spain: 45 TTH and NFH
- Sweden: 13 TTT (SAR), 5 NFH (ASW) + 7 (in option)
- Finland: 20 TTT (SAR)
- Norway: 6 NFH (ASW), 8 NFH (Coast Guard) + 10 NFH (SAR) (in option)
- Greece: 16 TTH, 4 TTH (Special Operations) + 14 TTH (in option)
- Sultanate of Oman: 20 TTH
- Australian Army: 12 MRH (TTH)
- New Zealand has ordered an as yet unspecified number of NH90s (believed to be around 8), for the Royal New Zealand Air Force
- Belgium: 10 (announced December 14th 2005)
