NH90 to Soon Equip Hellenic Armed Forces Athens
03 October 2006 / http://www.eads.net/web/lang/en/1024/content/
Eurocopter may be allowed to deliver to the Hellenic Armed Forces their first NH90 helicopters in the coming months. The contract signature for the acquisition of 20 NH 90 helicopters plus 14 options for the Hellenic Army took place on August 29, 2003, in Athens.
NH-90 NFH
The 20 NH90 firm order, worth close to 657 million euros, includes 16 Tactical Transport variants and 4 Special Operations variants to be delivered over the next few years and to be operated by the Hellenic Army.
All helicopters can be converted into Medevac variant with 4 ordered roll change medical kits. The 14 options are composed of 12 tactical transport and 2 special operation variants.
All the NH90 to be operated by the Hellenic Armed Forces are equipped with Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322-01/9 engines.
The deal also includes a series of offset benefits outlined in a November 2004 Letter of Intent signed by the Greek government and EADS, the parent company of Eurocopter.
Part of this agreement is the creation of a Composite Facility at Tanagra, to be operated by the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI), which broke ground in February this year.
Sixteen of Greece’s NH90s will be operated by the Army Aviation and four NH90s will service the needs of the Special Operation Forces (SOF). The first Hellenic serial production NH 90 flew for the first time in July 2005.
The NH90 program, led by Eurocopter, now totals 400 firm orders confirming its status of biggest helicopter program ever launched by Europe.
The NH90 has been ordered by 12 countries including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Oman, Australia and New-Zealand.
Due to its multi-role capability, the NH90 is able to fulfil a large variety of missions and has been selected for Army, Air Force, Navy and SAR services.
NHIndustries is a company owned by Eurocopter (62,5%), Agusta (32%) and Stork Fokker (5,5%).
Notas:
20 helis NH-90 para a marinha e Exército gregos, com contrato aSsinado há 3 anos (2003) e previsão de entrega dos primeiros dentro de poucoS meses, de acordo Com o site da EADS.
Ou seja:
Se compararmos com Portugal, onde a data para o contrato para a compra de um nº enigmático de helis semelhantes para o Exército se perdeu no baú dos tempos imemoriais (ainda alguém se lembra da data da intenção de compra dos helis portugueses?
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Número de aparelhos que varia entre os 9 e os 10, estava aprasada a entrega para 2008, e agora acabou por ser adiada a entrega para 2010 ou 2011.
Versão do NH-90 o TTH semelhante aos que equiparão o Exército português:
Coisas da vida, ou mais uma vez se aplicará a velha máxima:
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