18-Dec-25 - Airbus and OCCAR have delivered the 30th and final Tiger HAD helicopter to the French Army, formally concluding the HAD upgrade program launched in 2017. #Tiger
18-Jun-24 - The French Army Aviation has started the flight testing campaign of the new NH90 TFRA Standard 2 helicopter. A total of 18 helicopters (10 TTH upgrades and 8 new) have been ordered to support the special forces #SpecialForces
05-May-23 - MBDA successfully completed trials for the next generation Akeron LP air-to-ground missile for the Tiger helicopter and for the MALE RPAS UAV fixed-wing aircraft drone #Akeron
30-Mar-23 - A mockup of the NH90 Special Forces variant is on display at SOFINS 2023 in Bordeaux, March 28-30. Scheduled to enter service with ALAT in 2025 #SpecialForces
12-Feb-23 - Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR) awarded contract to provide virtual SAR, tactical, aerial use of force/gunnery and night vision flight for French Armed Forces helicopter crews #winching
11-Feb-23 - Safran, TotalEnergies, Airbus, and French defense procurement agency (DGA) completed test flight of NH90 helicopter with one of its two RTM322 engines running on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) #SAF
03-Mar-22 - Airbus awarded contract for development and upgrade of 42 French and 18 Spanish helicopters under the Tiger / Tigre Mk III attack helicopter programme. First flight scheduled for 2025 #Tiger3
22-Dec-21 - France signed contract for first batch of several prototypes and 30 Airbus H160M Guépard helicopters (21 for army, 8 for navy and 1 for air force) as part of the Light Joint Helicopter programme (HIL)
01-Jul-21 - Airbus has a complete helicopter portfolio, including the H145M, H225M and NH90 models, to respond to the needs of special forces #SpecialForces
30-Apr-21 - French Special Forces NH90 pilots will use the Thales’s Topowl Helmet System which has also been selected for the Standard 3 upgrade of the Tiger being developed jointly by France, Germany and Spain #Topowl
23-Apr-21 - Since November 2014 the NH90 TTH Caïman (Cayman) of the French Army Aviation (ALAT) 1st Combat Helicopter Regiment (RHC) are deployed in the African Sahel region #NH90
