This is why we are expecting an RFP.ĭefence IQ: With regards to today’s market, are light twin-engine helicopter in the light class far more reliable than they were a decade ago? While it is slightly larger than the aircraft it may replace, it has substantial performance improvements that outweigh the additional one-tonne maximum take-off weight (MTOW). The H145M is in compliance with questioned performance-parameters.
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RELATED: How to win and manage defence contracts Judging from the procurement parameters we received last year from the Austrians – via a request for information (RFI) – for a light multirole helicopter, we are convinced that the H145 ticks all of the boxes.
However, we firmly believe the H145M is the right system. Henning, programme director of Airbus Helicopter‘sįirst and foremost, we know that Austria has to replace their “Alouettes”, and the notion of “overkill with regards to the H145M is nothing new. Henning: First of all, we are happy working with our Hungarian partners, and overjoyed with the successful demonstration which was attended by more than a dozen delegates who came here to Bakony. However, some would argue that an H145M is “overkill” as a light helicopter replacement for systems such as the Alouette III or OH-58. A request for proposal (RFP) is expected from Austria anytime this year. This article originally appeared in the Defence Industry Bulletin Issue #19 October 2018Īfter a live-firing demonstration in Hungary, programme director of Airbus Helicopter‘s sat down with Defence IQ to discuss the H145Ms export potential.ĭefence IQ: Mark, when you brought several military delegations to the Hungarian live-firing range to demonstrate the ‘Hforce’ equipped H145M helicopter, the officers present were from Kazakhstan, Iraq, Poland, and Austria.
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