Airbus Helicopters announces that it has been awarded a contract for 12 H225M helicopters, as well as an initial support and services package, by the Dutch Ministry of Defense, at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris.
The helicopters will be operated by the 300th Special Operations Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). Airbus Helicopters and the RNLAF will work closely together on the development of the H225M, tailored to user requirements.
There are more than 350 H225s and H225Ms in service worldwide, totaling over 880,000 flight hours. Military customers include France, Malaysia, Indonesia, Iraq, Thailand, Singapore, Mexico, Kuwait, Brazil and Hungary.
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Airbus SE is No. 1 in Europe and No. 2 worldwide in the aeronautics, aerospace, and defense industries. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- commercial aircraft (71.8%). The group is No. 1 worldwide for aircrafts with more than 100 seats;
- defense and aerospace systems (17.4%): military aircrafts (primarily transport aircrafts, marine surveillance aircrafts, anti-submarines fighter planes and flight refueling aircrafts), spatial equipment (orbital launchers, observation and communication satellite, turboprop aircraft, etc.), defense and security systems (missile systems, electronic and telecommunications systems, etc.). Airbus SE also provides training and aircrafts maintenance services;
- civil and military helicopters (10.8%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (39.3%), Asia/Pacific (28.6%), North America (21.1%), Middle East (6%), Latin America (2.7%) and other (2.3% ).
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