18-Nov-25 - The French Ministry of the Interior has signed a 10-year contract with Airbus, in partnership with Babcock, to provide service support for 40 Sécurité Civile H145D3 helicopters and an additional 6 operated by the Gendarmerie Nationale. #H145D3
13-May-24 - Airbus and Babcock have signed a 12-year contract with the French government for the support of the 33 EC145 helicopters of the Sécurité Civile and 15 of the Gendarmerie Nationale #EC145
24-Jan-24 - The Ministry of Interior has ordered 42 ( plus 22 options ) new Airbus H145D3 five-bladed helicopters. Deliveries are set to commence this year. Sécurité Civile will receive 36 for search and rescue, while the Gendarmerie Nationale will receive 6 for law enforcement #H145D3
17-Dec-21 - French Sécurité Civile orders second pair of Airbus H145D3s. The first two 5-bladed helicopters were delivered to the Agency this month and will gradually replace a fleet of 33 EC145s that entered service in 2002 #H145D3
12-May-16 - Airbus Helicopters France will upgrade the avionics suite of the 35 EC145 operated by the Sécurité Civile, the national agency for search and rescue and medical evacuation services
12-Nov-15 - Airbus Helicopters awarded contract for a global service solution for the next 5 years covering the entire fleet of 50 EC145 operated by the French Gendarmerie Nationale and Sécurité Civile.
19-May-05 - Handing over of the EC 145 at Eurocopter Group’s Donauwörth site completes the order of 32 helicopters operated by the French Sécurité Civile launch customer.
