DATE:18/12/07
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com
Australia accepts first two MRH90 helicopters into service
By Emma Kelly
Australia on 18 December formally accepted into service its first
two of 46 NH Industries MRH90 multirole helicopters, being acquired
to replace its navy Westland Sea King shipborne and army Sikorsky
S-70A-9 Black Hawk utility helicopters.
The aircraft - one from each service - will be used to support an
extensive test, evaluation, training and development phase, before
achieving initial operational capability in 2010 with the navy and
2011 with the army
Australia's first two MRH90s arrived in the country during
November, and are among an initial four to be delivered from
Eurocopter in France by mid-2008. The programme's remaining 42
aircraft will be built at Australian Aerospace in Brisbane,
Queensland by 2014.
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