The Tiger sharpens its claws By Ian Kemp
Airbus Helicopters returned the first of 36 Tiger HAPs upgraded to the HAD configuration in December 2017. Š Airbus Helicopters
Airbus is expecting a contract to develop a mid-life update for the Tiger attack helicopter for France, Germany and Spain, and is hoping to persuade Australia to join the project. Ian Kemp reports Airbus Helicopters reached two significant milestones in its Tiger attack helicopter programme in early 2020. The last of 18 Tiger HAD helicopters for the Spanish Army was delivered on 14 January. Less than a month later, on 5 February 2020, the last serial production Tiger HAD helicopter for the French Army was delivered at Marignane, France. These deliveries finished the order book for new-built Tigers.
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irbus Helicopters has produced 185 Tigers in UH, HAP, HAD and ARH configurations for the three European nations - France, Germany, and Spain - and Australia, the only export customer for the
multirole attack helicopter. Over the coming years Airbus Helicopters will be upgrading the European helicopters to a new Tiger Mk III mid-life update (MLU) configuration and hopes to do the same for Australia. EDR | September/October 2020
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