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Swiss Air Force Received Last Upgraded Cougar

RUAG delivered the 9th and last Eurocopter AS532 Cougar upgraded from the TH98 to the TH18 type in a program started in 2019

The Swiss Air Force now has a standardized fleet of Super Puma TH06 and Cougar TH18 with a service life extended until at least 2035





Swiss Air Force Received Last Upgraded Cougar
RUAG Aviation, May 06, 2022 - As part of a ceremonial handover, RUAG returned the last of a total of nine modernized Cougars to the Swiss Air Force’s helicopter fleet.

The series modernization program received approval from the Federal Council in 2018 on the occasion of the Army Dispatch and started in early 2019 with the conversion of the first Cougar.

In February 2017, as part of the 2018 Army Dispatch, the Federal Council commissioned the series project and thus the value retention of the Swiss Air Force’s fleet of Cougars.

After the successful value retention program to modernize the TH89 Super Puma to become the TH06, the TH98 Cougar was in turn modernized to make it the TH18.

This modernization program lasted around three years and concluded according to plan with the handover of the last of the remaining eight modernized TH18 Cougars.

To extend the useful life of the helicopter, which was already 20 years old, and ensure its availability until at least 2035, RUAG modernized the fleet of TH98 Cougars.

The goal of the value retention was to harmonize the Super Puma and Cougar transport helicopters. This will allow more uniform and simplified operational procedures and training.

As a future-oriented technology partner of the Swiss Armed Forces, RUAG makes a significant contribution to sovereign security for Switzerland. The life cycle management, operation and availability of military systems are paramount.

Swiss Air Force Received Last Upgraded Cougar


Swiss Air Force Received Last Upgraded Cougar





  See also


AS532UL Cougar in CH Schweizer Luftwaffe
Swiss Cougar Modernization




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