Eurocopter Part II

June 18, 1999 : : France and Germany order 160 Tigers

October 14, 1999 : Aerospatiale-Matra and DASA merger

1999 results The year of 1999 was outstanding in terms of orders for the Eurocopter Group (the Tiger contract), which took 382 orders for new helicopters consisting of: 36 EC 120B Colibris, 95 single engine Ecureuil/Fennecs, 10 twin Ecureuil/Fennecs, 30 EC 135s, 3 BK 117s, 8 EC 145s, 10 Dauphin/Panthers, 8 EC 155s, 22 Super Puma/Cougars and 160 Tigers.

Jan 25, 2000 : EC 155

Feb 22, 2000 : 15 training EC 120B for the Spanish Air Force

Jan 15, 2001 : EC725 Combat SAR Cougar The latest member of the Super Puma/Cougar line designed for the French Air Force.

Feb 11, 2001: : Ecureuil/Squirrel/AStar/TwinStar 3000th

Mar 3, 2001 : 200th EC120

Jun 16, 2001 : EC635 The military version of the light twin-engine EC 135 helicopter.

Aug 23, 2002 : Portugal cancels EC 635 contract

May 14, 2005 : An AS350B3 lands on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak (8,850m)



Jun 29, 2006 : UH-72A US Army selects Eurocopter UH-145 for its LUH Requirement