NH Industries NH-90
The
NH90 program is handled by NH Industries while actual work is performed at
the partner companies Eurocopter (Aerospatiale in France and MBB in
Germany ), Agusta from Italy and Fokker from The Netherlands.
This helicopter was intended to being developed in two variants: the
Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) and the NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH),
the program had some technical and funds problems at the end of the 90s,
but a production order was launched on July 2000.


First Flight : Dec. 18, 1995
Crew: 2 + 20
Engines: 2 * 1830 shp turboshafts [ MTU/Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca
MTR322 or General Electric T700-T6E ]
Speed : Max 300 km/h
Rate of climb: 480 m/min
Endurance: 5 h 30 min
Weight: Empty: 5400 kg -- Max: 8700
Rotor Span: 16 m
Length: 19 m
Height: 5.5 m

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