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The French air force’s seventh of an eventual 50 tactical transports has touched down at its Orléans-Bricy air base, as the service gets ready to support airdrop testing involving the Defence & Space type.
Accepted by the DGA defence procurement agency in , Spain, on 19 June, aircraft MSN19 is the first French air force example to be received in a new configuration capable of performing the airdrop of Equipment.
Speaking at the on 17 June, France’s A400M programme manager said a six-week programme of airdrop testing involving the type will start soon, having been postponed following a fatal accident in Spain on 9 May.
To be performed using one of Airbus’s “Grizzly” test aircraft, the work will involve personnel from several customer nations. “Our aim is to clear the capability early in 2016,” the French official says.
The acceptance of the latest French air force aircraft happened one day after Airbus had received approval from Spain’s DGAM authority to resume production deliveries of the “Atlas”. That move represented the “lifting of all remaining flight restrictions on new production aircraft”, the company says.
Another A400M, which had also been poised for delivery prior to the crash, will be delivered “in a matter of days”, Airbus says, “with a number of others to follow in the coming weeks”. All of these examples are awaiting acceptance by the UK .
“The production plan for the year is under review following the accident, but is still targeting at least 13 aircraft in 2015, plus up to four more subject to flight-test results due this summer,” says Airbus.
“We are working hard to bring the schedule back on track while continuing to support the [accident] investigation,” says Airbus head of military aircraft Fernando Alonso.
MSN19 is the 13th A400M to have been delivered to a customer, with Turkey and the UK each having fielded two examples and Germany and Malaysia one each.
Planned 15 delivered for 2017
Miragedriver
Brigadier
France and Saudi Arabia have signed agreements worth 10.000 million euros, including 23 Airbus H145 helicopters Helicopters
(Defensa.com) The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, has announced the signing of agreements between France and Saudi Arabia worth 10,000 million euros. Among the areas covered are defense, civil aviation and solar or nuclear energy. The announcement follows the visit of Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Defense and Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, France, who met with President Francois Hollande and the French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, with whom he discussed the situation in Yemen and Iraq.
The agreements include the supply of 23 helicopters Helicopters H145 Airbus amounting to 500 million dollars, still unknown branch of the Saudi armed forces that operate. Although not detailed, Reuters also mentions the construction of patrol vessels by the French shipyard DCNS. Other agreements concern is the possible construction of two nuclear reactors, which would be provided by the French state company Areva. According to EFE, in the civil area they signed agreements valued at 8,000 million including the construction of Airbus aircraft (30 A320 and 20 A330) for Saudi Airlines airline would have.
The H145 is a modern helicopter design that features a 4-axis autopilot and a maximum takeoff weight of 3.65 tons. Combine in a small plant size twin-engine propulsion engines equipped with Turbomeca Arriel 2 dual connected to a digital control system (FADEC), and a large cabin with large doors on the sides and back to optimize the layout. It is including a new avionics called Helionix developed by the company itself and the known rotor fairing technology known as Airbus Helicopters Fenestron. The H145, which previously received the name of EC145 T2, has been acquired in its military version H145M by Germany and Thailand.
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(Defensa.com) The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, has announced the signing of agreements between France and Saudi Arabia worth 10,000 million euros. Among the areas covered are defense, civil aviation and solar or nuclear energy. The announcement follows the visit of Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Defense and Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, France, who met with President Francois Hollande and the French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, with whom he discussed the situation in Yemen and Iraq.
The agreements include the supply of 23 helicopters Helicopters H145 Airbus amounting to 500 million dollars, still unknown branch of the Saudi armed forces that operate. Although not detailed, Reuters also mentions the construction of patrol vessels by the French shipyard DCNS. Other agreements concern is the possible construction of two nuclear reactors, which would be provided by the French state company Areva. According to EFE, in the civil area they signed agreements valued at 8,000 million including the construction of Airbus aircraft (30 A320 and 20 A330) for Saudi Airlines airline would have.
The H145 is a modern helicopter design that features a 4-axis autopilot and a maximum takeoff weight of 3.65 tons. Combine in a small plant size twin-engine propulsion engines equipped with Turbomeca Arriel 2 dual connected to a digital control system (FADEC), and a large cabin with large doors on the sides and back to optimize the layout. It is including a new avionics called Helionix developed by the company itself and the known rotor fairing technology known as Airbus Helicopters Fenestron. The H145, which previously received the name of EC145 T2, has been acquired in its military version H145M by Germany and Thailand.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
The EC145 is based off a joint between Eurocopter then MBB and Kawasaki heavy industries as the BK117. It's also the base from which the UH72 Lakota was developed. Lakota and the BK117 as well as older models of the EC145 have a conventional tail rotor, well these newer versions have changed to the Festron
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
So.... Maritime patrol bomber?
I guess they are trying to regain the capacity for Coin ops.
I guess they are trying to regain the capacity for Coin ops.
For CAS but can' t attack alone :
No definitive word yet.
I am sure the French are looking for options in terms of other buyers.
We will have to wait. Time will tell.