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Swedish NH90 Now Ready for Night Sub Hunting

Swedish NH90 Now Ready for Night Sub Hunting

20-Oct-23 - The Swedish Helicopter Flotilla’s third squadron, equipped with the NH90 (Hkp.14) helicopter, is now prepared to hunt submarines in the Baltic Sea in darkness or zero visibility conditions #NH90
Nordic Countries in Helicopter Training

Nordic Countries in Helicopter Training

05-Sep-23 - Finland’s NH90 helicopters will visit Sweden for a training exercise with their Swedish counterparts. Several days prior to this, Finland will receive Royal Danish Air Force AS550 Fennec helicopters in their country #Nordics
Swedish NH90 Interim Variant Upgrade Nearly Complete

Swedish NH90 Interim Variant Upgrade Nearly Complete

11-May-23 - Airbus (France) and Patria (Finland) are continuing the upgrade to the final configuration of 18 NH90 helicopters (13 TTH and 5 NFH) for Sweden. The last four helicopters are expected to be completed by next year #NH90
Saab Renewed Support for Swedish LUH

Saab Renewed Support for Swedish LUH

02-Jun-21 - Saab will continue to support the Swedish Armed Forces 20 AgustaWestland A109LUH-S helicopters known as Hkp15 in Sweden. The program started in 2012 and will continue to 2026 with an option to extend to 2030 #Saab
Sweden Selling Six AS332M1 Super Puma

Sweden Selling Six AS332M1 Super Puma

10-Oct-18 - Ex-Change Parts AB now offering six ex Sweden Armed Forces AS332M Super Puma and a large inventory of spare parts. Built 1988, they are in good condition and with low flight hours #SuperPuma
Sweden Received First NH90 for Anti-Submarine Warfare

Sweden Received First NH90 for Anti-Submarine Warfare

17-Dec-15 - Sweden received first NH90 in full anti-submarine warfare (ASW) configuration. 13 Search and Rescue (SAR) and 5 ASW were originally ordered but 4 SAR already delivered will be modified to ASW.
Patria NH90 Spare Parts for Sweden and Finland

Patria NH90 Spare Parts for Sweden and Finland

06-Oct-15 - Patria Helicopters from Finland, a NH Industries (NHI) Authorized Nordic NH90 Service Center, has signed an agreement to supply NH90 spare parts for Swedish Armed Forces.
Saab Signs Swedish NH90 Maintenance Contract

Saab Signs Swedish NH90 Maintenance Contract

20-Jul-15 - Saab has signed a contract to provide component maintenance for the tactical mission system (TMS) on NH90 helicopters (known as Hkp 14) of the Swedish Armed Forces.
Skanska Builds Helicopter Hangar in Sweden

Skanska Builds Helicopter Hangar in Sweden

10-Jun-15 - Skanska has signed an agreement with the Swedish Fortifications Agency to build a combined helicopter hangar and administration building at the wing F17 in Kallinge, Sweden.
Sogitec NH90 Training Services for Sweden

Sogitec NH90 Training Services for Sweden

09-Feb-15 - Sogitec Industries has been awarded a contract for training Sweden NH90 crew at the French Army NH90 Joint Training Center (Centre de formation interarmées, CFIA) in Le Cannet-Des-Maures

Columbia Helicopters receives first 3 Hkp4s

01-Apr-13 - WASHINGTON via PRNewswire - Columbia Helicopters has taken delivery of the first three of ten heavy lift helicopters purchased from the Swedish Department of Defense. The total order includes six Boeing Vertol 107-II and four Kawasaki Vertol 107-II models. The price was not disclosed.

Columbia Helicopters acquires 10 Hkp4

26-Feb-13 - Columbia Helicopters is pleased to announce the acquisition of ten helicopters from the Swedish Department of Defense.

Delivery of the Last Two Swedish UH-60M Black Hawks

13-Sep-12 - Sikorsky to deliver the last 2 of 15 UH-60M Black hAwk helicopters to the US Army for further transfer to the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV)
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