The NH90 program is handled by NH Industries while production shares of the 3 Partner Companies
involved are 32.00% for AgustaWestland – Italy,
62.50% for Eurocopter – France and Germany, and 5.50% for Fokker Aerospace - The Netherlands.
The NH90 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 large production order was launched on July 2000 by
the partner countries
The main serial production NH90 are born from 3 assembly lines of the NHIndustries Partner Companies community:
Cascina Costa in Italy for AgustaWestland, Marignane in France and Donauwörth in Germany for Eurocopter although
the Finnish and Australian contracts establish that theirs airframes w would be assembled locally.
By 2005, the NH90 logbook shows a total of 357 firm orders, 86 options and 45+ selected NH90,
by 13 countries and for 17 Armed Forces.
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
