First NH90 TTH of the year arrives for French Army
A total of eight NH90 TTH transport helicopters are expected to be delivered to the French Army in 2022.
The German Air Force has operated the CH-53G transport helicopter since the 1970s. (Photo: Bundeswehr)
Rheinmetall Aviation Services announced on 22 March that it has expanded its support and maintenance services for CH-53G transport helicopters to additional German Air Force bases in the country.
The company began maintenance services for the CH-53G in March 2021 at Diepholz Air Base for the 64th Helicopter Squadron of the German Air Force.
Bases at Laupheim and Holzdorf-Schönewalde are now also included in the scope of work, covering maintenance for 66 additional CH-53Gs.
After a competitive tender, Rheinmetall Aviation Services won a three-year contract worth ‘a figure in the lower two-digit million-euro range’, the company noted.
Maintenance of the elderly CH-53G fleet is essential to the German Air Force as it has operated the platform since the early 1970s.
A total of eight NH90 TTH transport helicopters are expected to be delivered to the French Army in 2022.
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