Defence Helicopter

Thales to supply standby flight instruments for Airbus H160M helicopter

29th June 2023

The first military application for Thales' third-generation Integrated Electronic Standby Instruments (IESI) will be the Guépard Joint Light Helicopter version of the Airbus H160.

Training

Farnborough 2022: Morocco orders H135 for primary training missions

20th July 2022

The Royal Moroccan Air Force will use the fleet of H135s for utility and SAR training missions.

Defence Helicopter

Singapore Airshow 2022: Airbus continues Japanese helicopter maintenance

15th February 2022

Airbus has secured five-year contract extensions to continue support for Japanese H225 and H135 helicopters.

Defence Helicopter

UK orders more Airbus helicopters

2nd February 2022

Five extra H135s are being supplied by Airbus to the UK MoD.

Air Warfare

Airbus trials BLoS SATCOM for helicopters

8th September 2021

Airbus tests mitigation measures to overcome the problem of helicopter rotor blades interfering with BLoS communications.

Defence Notes

Germany injects funding into land, sea and air programmes

20th April 2021

Some €600 million is being spent in Germany on a range of defence procurement initiatives.

Military helicopters - multirole

H135 (UK)

Programme BackgroundAirbus Helicopters UK announced on 2 February 2022 that it has won an order to provide five additional H135 twin-engine helicopters for the MoD. The ...

Military helicopters - light/training

TH-73 Advanced Helicopter Training System - AHTS (TH-57 Replacement)

Contenders for the competition included the Leonardo single engine TH-119 – a military variant of the AW119Kx – and Bell’s newly upgraded single engine 407GXi. ...

Air: mission management systems

APIRS

The Aircraft Piloting Inertial Reference Sensors (APIRS) system is an attitude and heading reference unit designed for all new-generation fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, as well ...

Air: mission management systems

MFDAU

The Miscellaneous Flight Data Acquisition Unit (MFDAU) is the last interface with the flight data recorder (Black Box) which records mandatory parameters. These large numbers ...

Military helicopters - light/training, Military helicopters - multirole

H135M

The H135M (formerly known as the EC635 and also designated as H135) is a light utility variant of the EC135 twin-engine, multipurpose 3t helicopter. In ...

Aerolite H135 interior

The Aerolite basic life-support interior for the Airbus Helicopters H135 is designed for medevac missions with quick-change capabilities from utility to medical configuration. The interior ...

AC67 Airbus Helicopters H135 interior

Bucher has developed the AC67 medical interior for the Airbus Helicopters H135 in cooperation with ADAC Luftrettung.The lightweight, modular design features a floor with integrated ...

Helicopter engines

Arrius 2B2/2B2Plus

The Arrius 2B2, certified in 2002, delivers 40% more power than the first version of the family. It consists of two modules: a reduction gearbox ...

H135 interior

The AAT interior for Airbus Helicopters H135 is a modular system with a lightweight design. As well as two flight crew, one doctor and one ...

Air: mission management systems

Helionix

The Helionix digital avionics suite was developed from the need for a more powerful avionics system with greater functions and computing capacity, alongside a user-friendly interface. ...

Air: helicopter flight simulators

CAE 700MR

The CAE 700MR FTD is a full mission simulator platform for military helicopter-specific flight and mission training. It is a fixed-base system based on CAE's ...

Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

AMPS/AMPS-MV

The Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS) family of products – developed in cooperation with Airbus Defence and Space – is a third-generation self-protection system that ...

United Rotorcraft H135 interior

United Rotorcraft’s H135 EMS interior can accommodate single, dual or speciality transport such as isolette, intra-aortic balloon pump and ventricular assist device. There are two ...

EO/IR systems

SWE-400 QUAD

The Trakka Systems SWE-400 QUAD multi-sensor imaging system combines all of the sensors and features found in the SWE-300 series, with the addition of a megapixel digital ...

Military helicopters - multirole

Bo 105

The Bo 105 is a twin-engine, multipurpose, light helicopter that was developed in 1963-68. Approximately 37% of the more than 1,400 aircraft built before production ...