U.K. expands H145 fleet for Brunei and Cyprus
I would hope A-kit for hoist each plus floats - with B-kit at each location. UHF comms should be plug-n-play if you believe the hype. We’ve been told about the benefit of economies of scale and reducing fleet types so rearcrew seating and any other kit will already be sorted via Shawbury experience. Maybe take a leaf out of what other UK D3 HEMS/AA operators are using. No DAS or ballistic protection and no ‘M’ designation. There’ll be plenty of spare helionix kit as French have spec’d their 160s with Thales I believe.
H145 is a great chopper but please don’t tell me you’d pay more than 8m for one.....
H145 is a great chopper but please don’t tell me you’d pay more than 8m for one.....
I would hope A-kit for hoist each plus floats - with B-kit at each location. UHF comms should be plug-n-play if you believe the hype. We’ve been told about the benefit of economies of scale and reducing fleet types so rearcrew seating and any other kit will already be sorted via Shawbury experience. Maybe take a leaf out of what other UK D3 HEMS/AA operators are using. No DAS or ballistic protection and no ‘M’ designation. There’ll be plenty of spare helionix kit as French have spec’d their 160s with Thales I believe.
H145 is a great chopper but please don’t tell me you’d pay more than 8m for one.....
H145 is a great chopper but please don’t tell me you’d pay more than 8m for one.....
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If I remember correctly they paid just over £35m for 5 135s. I think they paid an additional £15m for 3 or 5 years engineering support from Airbus, obviously that didn't happen and I'm sure they lost some money as the contract had already been signed and Airbus had engineers waiting to go.
How on earth they've agreed on £122m for 6 aircraft and 2 years engineering support is bloody bonkers!
If I remember correctly they paid just over £35m for 5 135s. I think they paid an additional £15m for 3 or 5 years engineering support from Airbus, obviously that didn't happen and I'm sure they lost some money as the contract had already been signed and Airbus had engineers waiting to go.
How on earth they've agreed on £122m for 6 aircraft and 2 years engineering support is bloody bonkers!
Neither is it an "option". It is part of the "basic" aircraft and the TC for the type and the "integration" is extensive.
As to the "costs" it would seem that AH will be providing civvy maintenance staff and qualified and experienced "blackhanders" like us would need a fair amount of enticement and more than likely a rotational gig to operate in Cyprus or Brunei?
Helionix is not a Thales product - you will have to dig a bit deeper.
Neither is it an "option". It is part of the "basic" aircraft and the TC for the type and the "integration" is extensive.
As to the "costs" it would seem that AH will be providing civvy maintenance staff and qualified and experienced "blackhanders" like us would need a fair amount of enticement and more than likely a rotational gig to operate in Cyprus or Brunei?
Neither is it an "option". It is part of the "basic" aircraft and the TC for the type and the "integration" is extensive.
As to the "costs" it would seem that AH will be providing civvy maintenance staff and qualified and experienced "blackhanders" like us would need a fair amount of enticement and more than likely a rotational gig to operate in Cyprus or Brunei?
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I'll second RVDT here. Helionix is not just the display system on a modern Airbus helicopter. It's part of the Aircraft Management Computers softare that also provides, among other things, AFCS functions and the warning and caution system. Swapping Helionix out is the same as designing and certifying a new helicopter (sub) model.
I'll second RVDT here. Helionix is not just the display system on a modern Airbus helicopter. It's part of the Aircraft Management Computers softare that also provides, among other things, AFCS functions and the warning and caution system. Swapping Helionix out is the same as designing and certifying a new helicopter (sub) model.
i appreciate Helionix is more than just a set of screens, had great pleasure using it when I wanted to fly 150nm in a strict line to a known location with zero threats - apart from my flying ;-)
H145 and Brunei related so best placed here.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...5m-helicopters
Should make getting into the smaller LPs a bit more comfortable than with the Blackhawks.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...5m-helicopters
Should make getting into the smaller LPs a bit more comfortable than with the Blackhawks.
H145 and Brunei related so best placed here.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...5m-helicopters
Should make getting into the smaller LPs a bit more comfortable than with the Blackhawks.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...5m-helicopters
Should make getting into the smaller LPs a bit more comfortable than with the Blackhawks.
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/p...national-guard
Then it seems the U.K. putting H145 into a region with OEM support for the two governments involved makes sense but you will still get cries of “should have bought Blackhawk” and yes I know there are Blackhawks in the area but they are too big and too expensive for the role involved as it doesn’t need an armed aircraft with a proven battlefield record of being shot at.
“All six helicopters will be introduced into service gradually, starting from the year 2026 to replace the Bolkow BO-105 helicopters, which have been retired from service,”
