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Delivered to the Navy's first helicopter MH-90
January 24, 2017
Monday, January 23 at the Sarzana station Helicopters, Maristaeli Luni, in the presence of the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Girardelli Valter and the Commander of the Air Force, Rear Admiral George Rubber was delivered the first MH-90 helicopter in tactical transport version for the fifth Helicopters Group.
The MH-90, designation assigned to this particular variant of the NH-90, contains the most important features of the naval version, such as the shopping cart and the rotors are optimized for use on board the Naval Unit Team, and the land , as the back ramp and the equipment of the mission.
In fact, the new MH-90 version has been specifically designed to support amphibious operations at the San Marco Marine Brigade and Special Forces, "without losing the use of multi-role capabilities and dual, typical of all the means of the Navy" , as pointed out by the Rubber admiral.
The helicopter just delivered, identified by the number of 3-51 side, it is the first of ten MH-90 assigned to the aircraft component of the Navy and entered into service today at the Fifth Helicopters Group.
The terrestrial version of the NH-90 is designed for tactical transport of troops or materials while the "navalizzata" variant built for the Navy (called MH-90), is optimized for use from the edge to support the operations of "eliassalto maritime".
The Navy will acquire a total of 56 NH-90, including 46 in the naval version (SH-90) and 10 in the tactical transport (MH-90).