At the 2016 Airbus Trade Media Brief, there was a chance to visit the NH-90 and Tiger Final Assembly lines. This briefing on the NH-90 was provided by the program manager,.

1. NH90 TTH and NFH –
Status and Perspectives
Donauwörth, 21st June 2016

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Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH)NATO Frigate
Helicopter (NFH)
Ordered: 383*, delivered : 211*,
operated in 11 nations
Search & Rescue
Transport
Anti-Surface & Anti-
Submarine Warfare
Ordered:129*, delivered: 64*, operated in 5 Navies
*Status May 2016

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NH90 TTH
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 10,6t MTOW
 Transport of up to 20 troops or 2,5 t internal or 4,0 t external cargo

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NH90 NFH in Search & Rescue configuration
in Operation at NATO partner nations
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 More than 100 castaways saved in SAR missions.
 Successful in EU-mission ATALANTA with Royal Dutch Navy

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NH90 NTH SEA LION
Missions and Capabilities
NH90 NTH SEA LION
Missions and Capabilities
Modular system design for a broad mission spectrum:
 Search & Rescue(SAR) of persons in distress*
 Tactical transport of special forces*
 Transport of Boarding Teams
 maritime Surveillance and Reconnaissance
 Transport of troops and material
*contractual reference missions

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NH90 NTH SEA LION
Missions and Capabilities

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NH90 NTH SEA LION
Development and Programme Status
On The NH90 SEA LION new technical capabilities have been
implemented:
 Civil navigation under IFR
 New identification equipment (IFF)
 SatCom and digital radio communication
 12,7 mm Machine Gun M3M (both sides)
 Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Program Milestones
 First Flight: Q4 2016
 First Delivery: Oct. 2019
 Serial Deliveries: 2019 to 2022
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Perspective NH90 NTH SEA LION
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• The NH90 NFH has been designed as maritime, ship-based
helicopter. The current configuration of the SEA LION can be
easily adapted for the missions Anti-Submarine and Anti-
Surface-Warfare (ASW/ASuW). All provosion are anticipated for
the following mission equipment:
• Dipping Sonar
• Sonarbuoysystem
• Heavy Store Carrier
• A2Su-Missile Marte Mk2
• Torpedo MU90
• External and Internal Fuel Tanks
• Stores Management System
• Second Missionsconsole

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Perspective NH90 NTH SEA LION
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Perspective NH90 NTH SEA LION
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French NH90 NFH, lowering
the Dipping Sonar‘s wet end.
View into the cabin of a
NH90 NFH equipped with the
Dipping Sonar and the Sonar
Buoy Launcher.

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Perspektiven NH90 NTH „Sea Lion“
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NH90 NFH equipped with 2 Mission Consoles

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Questions
Ingo Bayer
Programme Manager NH90