NH90

Europe's standard medium multirole helicopter — a twin-engine, fly-by-wire platform fielded in land (TTH) and naval (NFH) configurations for air assault, anti-submarine warfare, and search-and-rescue by eleven nations.

Overview

The NH90 is a twin-engine, medium-lift multirole helicopter designed and built by NHIndustries, a consortium of Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo, and the now-inactive GKN/Fokker. Produced in two baseline variants—the Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) for land-based utility and troop transport, and the NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH) for shipborne anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare—it is the most ambitious cooperative rotorcraft program in European history. More than 530 aircraft have been delivered, serving in the armed forces of eleven nations. It was designed to replace a patchwork of aging types with a single, fly-by-wire common platform and today operates from the Arctic to the Mediterranean and the Gulf.

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