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First NH-90 helicopter for SAR missions delivered to Spanish Air Force

NHIndustries and its Partner Companies (Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo and Fokker) have delivered the first NH90 to the Spanish Air Force that will boost their search and rescue (SAR) and combat search and rescue... Read More...

Airbus Helicopters ACH130 Aston Martin Edition wins orders across the world

Customers on three continents have signed firm contracts for the ACH130 Aston Martin Edition helicopter since its launch earlier this year. The helicopter, one of the most distinctive sights in the skies, will ... Read More...

Milestone becomes first leasing customer for multi-mission Airbus H160 helicopter

Milestone Aviation and Airbus Helicopters have agreed to include six H160s in Milestone’s orderbook. The helicopters will be destined for a range of missions including offshore transportation and emergency medi... Read More...

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Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation receives first ever five-bladed Airbus H145 helicopter

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first five-bladed H145 to the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation. This new version of its best-selling H145 light twin-engine helicopter brings a new, innovative five-bladed... Read More...

Two Airbus H135 helicopters delivered to support space exploration at NASA

Airbus continues to expand its portfolio of products supporting the future of space exploration with the delivery of two new H135 helicopters to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from the... Read More...

15million USD HCare Infinite support contract will cover NASA’s H135 fleet for up to 10 years

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a $15million HCare Infinite full-availability support solution with Airbus Helicopters, Inc. The comprehensive contract, initially covering tw... Read More...

HTM-Helicopters to become the first operator to use the new H145 for offshore wind operations

Airbus Helicopters and HTM-Helicopters have signed a contract for the purchase of two additional H145 helicopters. HTM will be the first operator to use the new five-bladed H145 in the Offshore Wind segment. ... Read More...

Airbus to introduce the newest series of Lakota helicopter UH-72B to the US Army and National Guard

Airbus Helicopters will introduce the newest series of its Lakota helicopter to the U.S. Army’s fleet, the company announced today at the 2020 National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) virtual tra... Read More...

The Helicopter Company (THC) purchases 10 Airbus H125 helicopters

The Helicopter Company (THC), which is fully owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus Helicopters to purchase 10 H125 helico... Read More...

Airbus delivers first of 16 advanced law enforcement H125 helicopters to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (AHI) has delivered the first of 16 new H125 helicopters uniquely configured for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). AMO collaborated with AHI as p... Read More...

The Airbus Helicopters H160 receives EASA approval

Airbus Helicopters’ multi-role twin engine helicopter H160 has been granted its type certificate by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), marking a new chapter for the programme. The company is expe... Read More...

First flight for Airbus Helicopter VSR700 prototype UAS

The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system has performed its first flight at a drone test centre near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. The VSR700 performed several take-offs and l... Read More...

Airbus Helicopters delivers first NH-90 Sea Lion to the German Armed Forces (Navy)

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH-90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), with a further two t... Read More...

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DRF Luftrettung to take off with H145 five-bladed rotors

Upgrade to H 145 Retrofit in own Service Center from the end of 2020

From the fourth quarter of 2020, DRF Luftrettung, air rescue organization, will modify its H 145 helicopters from four to five rotor blades. As soon as the approval procedure at Airbus Helicopters has been comp... Read More...

Airbus H125 Polizei Federal Ministry of the Interior Austria

Airbus H125 helicopters enter Austrian Ministry of Interior service

Austria’s Ministry of the Interior (BMI - Bundesministerium für Inneres) has formally introduced into service two Airbus H125 helicopters extensively equipped for law enforcement and rescue missions. The aircra... Read More...

Flight testing begins for the first H225Ms for Kuwait

The first H225Ms to be delivered to Kuwait later this year have started flight testing. Kuwait ordered 30 of the long-range multi-role H225Ms in August 2016. They will be operated by the Kuwait Air Force and th... Read More...

Air Greenland selects Airbus H225 helicopter for search and rescue

Air Greenland has ordered two Airbus H225 heavy helicopters to support its bid to win its home country’s search and rescue (SAR) contract. Under the terms of a firm contract assisted by Airbus Helicopters, t... Read More...

The new Airbus H145 five blades lands on top of the Andes

This is the first time a twin-engine helicopter has landed at this altitude

Airbus Helicopters has reached new heights: the latest version of the H145 has set its skids down on the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere, culminating at 6,962 metres (22,840 feet). Th... Read More...

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Airbus delivers 1000th Super Puma helicopter to the German Federal Police

The Bundespolizei is one of the largest Super Puma operators in the world

Airbus Helicopters has delivered its 1,000th Super Puma helicopter: a twin-engine multi-role H215 assembled in Marignane, France, and handed over to the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) to support the Germ... Read More...

First Airbus H145 helicopter for New Zealand Emergency Medical Services

Airbus has delivered two H145 helicopters to the New Zealand Helicopter Emergency Medical Services at a ceremony at the GCH Aviation Group headquarters. Airbus Australia Pacific Managing Director Andrew Mathews... Read More...

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