UK MFTS RW - Airbus H135/H145 selected
 

Just received press release confirmation that Airbus Helicopters has been selected to provide H135 and H145 for our Rotary Wing side of MFTS,

"Selection confirms H135/H145 family as the UK military training helicopters of choice · Airbus Helicopters on course to support more than half a century of military helicopter pilot training in the UK


Airbus Helicopters in the UK has been selected by Ascent
as the Aircraft Service Provider for the UK’s Military Flying Training System (
UKMFTS)
. The contract, worth £500 million over 17 years, will see Airbus Helicopters
deliver aircraft and an integrated support solution over the course of
18 months, ready to start training in April 2018.This will involve the manufacture of aircraft in addition to developing the support infrastructure and training initial crews and maintenance personnel"


cheers

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Wot no Trekker?

Should help with getting a job with NPAS or the Air Ambulance organisation.... ;)

Isn't that doorway on the H145 a bit small for rearcrew training?

The 135 has no MRH as such and has interesting autorotation NR characteristics. Sloping ground/Autos solos are going to be interesting......

They look so much like bumble bees it's not surprising that they fly like they do....

Not a lot different to the Lynx.

Cobham
 

Its a big chunk of Cobham's UK RW business, i wonder if there will be cut backs in Basingstoke?

aaaaaaaah Basingstoke a true Vipers nest..

Full speed ahead
 

https://www.airbushelicopters.com/we...MFTS_1995.html

Demanding targets are being met in the build-up to delivery of Airbus Helicopters’ commitment to the UK Military Flying Training System (MFTS).

Today, the company has carried out the first flight of the initial UK MFTS aircraft, bringing delivery one step closer.

With 12 UK MFTS aircraft already in production at the company’s site in Donauworth, the programme is meeting the challenging deadlines by delivering key programme events to time including production ramp up and initial ground runs of the first UK MFTS H135, which took place at the end of June.

Airbus Helicopters will deliver 29 H135s and 3, hoist-equipped H145s to the UK MoD. These aircraft will be factory fitted with wire cutters and Safran’s Arrius 2B2Plus and Arriel 2E turbines for the H135 and H145 respectively. The schedule will see early deliveries in the latter part of this year, the majority of aircraft delivered during 2017 and final aircraft in early 2018.

The aircraft will be delivered to the company’s UK headquarters for completion, which will see the aircraft fitted with the final configuration of equipment, including communications, sensor and access equipment to meet the customer’s requirement, before handover to the customer in time to meet the delivery of flight hours for Ascent’s UK MFTS’ training schedule.

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Juno and Jupiter arrive in UK
 

http://www.airbushelicopters.com/web...tain_2057.html

photos courtesy of Airbus Helicopters UK

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What does the UK military use for ab initio rotary training?

Right now the AS350BA Squirrel and shortly - the H135 'Juno' above

cheers

Another Jupiter has arrived

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