14mar 2018: 16 H125s, 28 NH90s sold to Qatar. ASW /transport

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http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-re ... pters.html

14 March 2018 –
Qatar has signed a contract for the purchase of 28 NH90 military helicopters,
during DIMDEX, Qatar’s biennial defence exhibition.

The agreement, which includes
16 NH90s in tactical transport
(TTH) configuration and
12 NH90s in naval (NFH) configuration,
will support the country’s plan to modernise their military helicopter fleet.

As part of the plan, Qatar will receive 16 H125 light single-engine helicopters
in training configuration for operation by the Qatar Armed Forces Air Academy.

Leonardo will act as prime contractor for the programme management
with the end customer
and Airbus will be responsible for the final assembly and delivery of 16 NH90 TTH
aircraft from its facility in Marignane, France
while Leonardo will be responsible for final assembly and delivery of the 12 NH90 NFH helicopters
from its Venice – Tessera facility in Northern Italy.

This contract for 28 helicopters brings the total order book to 543 aircraft.

To date, 350 aircraft have been delivered to 20 customers in 13 countries and have accumulated around 170,000 flight hours.

The twin-engine, medium-size NH90 helicopter program is managed by the consortium NHIndustries,
a company owned by Airbus Helicopters (62.5%), Leonardo (32%), and Fokker (5.5%).