The French Ministry of Defence has ordered eight more H225M helicopters and a second VSR700 uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) from Airbus Helicopters. The order is part of the French government’s national aeronautical industry stimulus plan, announced last year, to help the sector weather the adverse economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The H225M is the latest iteration of Airbus Helicopter’s Super Puma family. It is an 11 t medium-sized multimission helicopter with a range of 700 nautical miles. In addition to tactical transport (with up to 29 troops onboard), search-and-rescue (SAR), casualty evacuation, and humanitarian support missions, the type can also be armed and fitted with a probe for air-to-air refuelling and used for combat search-and-rescue (CSAR – very different to standard SAR) and special forces missions. Naval versions of the H225M can be fitted with anti-ship missiles.
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