Eurocopter AS532UL Cougar

Model

Originally known as Aerospatiale AS332UL Super Puma. Two engines Turbomeca Makila 1A1

AS532UL Cougar News

Swiss Air Force Received Last Upgraded Cougar, 06-May-22 : #cougar RUAG delivered the 9th and last Eurocopter AS532 Cougar upgraded from the TH98 to the TH18 type in a program started in 2019

Service Support for French Cougar and Caracal, 27-Nov-19 : #Maintenance Heli-Union service center at Pau contracted by Airbus to perform maintenance support for 26 AS532 Cougar and 18 EC725 Caracal helicopters used by the French Army and Air Force

Thirteen Killed in Mali in Helicopters Collision, 26-Nov-19 : #accident Thirteen French servicemen from Operation Barkhane died after a Tiger and a AS532 Cougar helicopters collided at Liptako Malian during a combat operation against jihadists. It is the French highest death toll in Mali since the beginning of the intervention of the Sahel in 2013 with Operation Serval

Swiss Cougar Modernization, 05-Mar-19 : Heli-Expo 2019 RUAG Aviation going to upgrade Swiss Air Force Cougar helicopters with the Esterline’s CMC Electronics (CMC) CMA-9000 Flight Management System (FMS) and CMA-5024 GPS Landing System

RUAG to Upgrade Eight Swiss AS532 Cougars, 14-Jan-19 : #Cougar RUAG will upgrade 8 Swiss Air Force AS532UL Cougar through 2022. RUAG already modernized 15 AS332M Super Puma between 2011 and 2014