14-Dec-23 - Germany signed a contract for 62 (+20 options) Airbus H145M helicopters based on the five-bladed H145D3. The German Army will receive 57 of these to replace the Tiger gunships, while the Luftwaffe will receive the remaining five for its special forces #H145M
23-Nov-23 - Reiser Simulation and Training (RST) awarded contract to deliver NH90 Rear Cabin Trainer for NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter Management Agency) and Germany #NH90
23-Jun-22 - “H145M LUH SK”, a team of German aerospace and defence companies lead by Airbus, is offering the 5-bladed H145/Bk117D3 for the Bundeswehr light support helicopter requirement. #H145M
22-Nov-21 - Airbus NH90, H135, H145 and H155 helicopter provided emergency assistance during recent floods in the German regions of North Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate. #flooding
27-Jun-21 - Germany Armed Forces retired the last UH-1D Huey helicopters after more than half a century of service. Dornier built 340 UH-1Ds for the German Air Force and Army. Search and rescue (SAR) units now flies the Airbus H145 #Retired
22-Mar-21 - Airbus delivered 7th and last EC145T2/H145 LUH SAR (Light Utility Helicopter, Search and Rescue) to Germany to replace the UH-1D at Niederstetten, Nörvenich and Holzdorf #SAR
24-Dec-20 - Germany replaced their CH-53 helicopters deployed in Afghanistan with NH90. Bundeswehr heavy lift helicopters were first deployed 18 years ago #Afghanistan
18-Nov-20 - Thales and Rheinmetall unveil latest-generation digital 70 mm rocket launcher for German Army upgrade program of Tiger Mk III gunship helicopters with “Lock On Before Launch” function for higher reliability and reducing risks to the target surrounding area #rockets
06-Jul-20 - The Airbus H145 LUH SAR (Light Utility Helicopter, Search and Rescue) helicopter officially entered service in the German Army Aviation (Heeresflieger) replacing the UH-1D Huey #H145
26-Jun-20 - NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) signed Global Support Package (GSP) contract with Safran to support 276 RTM322 engines used by NH90 helicopters from the German Army (Heeresflieger), Navy (Marineflieger) and the Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) #RTM322
02-Jan-20 - Military budget constraints continues to make headlines in Germany with this time affecting the two most important Army’s helicopters #Grounded
