Deliveries of NH90 helicopters

December 18th was an important day for Patria's Halli unit. Patria delivered the last NH90 helicopter to Sweden under the NH90 assembly agreement concluded in 2001, and correspondingly, Finland received the first NH90 helicopter under the NH90-retrofit agreement concluded in 2013.

The last helicopter delivered to Sweden was configured in the TTT-IM-version. Under the assembly agreement, Patria assembled a total of 29 NH90 helicopters in 2003–2015, 19 for Finland and 10 for Sweden. The last NH90 for Finland was delivered in June 2015. One of Finland's 20 NH90 helicopters was assembled in France. The expertise acquired during the assembly project has clearly exceeded the original target and from 2003 to 2015, the employment effect has been more than double with respect to the original. The modification of Sweden's seven NH90 helicopters from the TTT-IM configuration to the SAR configuration is planned to begin at the end of 2016. The modification process of the aircraft for Sweden is estimated to last until early 2020.

Of the 19 helicopters assembled for Finland, five were delivered in the final FOC configuration. The remaining aircraft will be upgraded in accordance with the 2013 retrofit agreement between Patria and Airbus Helicopters AS. Finland's first NH90, modified in the final FOC configuration, was delivered to the end-user in December and the other NH90s for Finland will be upgraded to the final FOC configuration by mid-2018.

Further information:

Veli-Matti Erkkilä, Vice President, Helicopters Unit, Patria Aviation business unit, tel. +358 40 869 3338, [email protected]