Australija prizemljila svoju flotu
ADF MRH 90 Helos Grounded Citat:The ADF has reportedly grounded its entire fleet of 47 Airbus MRH 90 Taipan helicopters following a recent precautionary landing caused by a tail rotor vibration.
A report in Fairfax Media says a Navy MRH 90 was flying from the LHD HMAS Adelaide off the Queensland coast to Brisbane recently when it experienced the vibration, causing it to make a precautionary return to the ship.
“The aircraft captain aborted the mission and returned to HMAS Adelaide for a precautionary landing,” the report said, quoting a Defence spokesman. “No personnel were injured during the incident.”
Nemacka mornarica dobila prvi NH-90 Sea Lion
Citat:. AirbusHeli has delivered a first NH90 Sea Lion helicopter to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), with two more to be delivered by the end of the year. These are the first of 18 for the Deutschemarine.
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French Navy NH90 Caiman availability rates improving Citat:While the overall availability of the French Navy's NHIndustries NH90 Caïman NATO Frigate Helicopters (NFHs) remains a problem, rates are beginning to improve, a senior service official has said.
Speaking to Jane's, the commanding officer of the French Naval Aviation (Aéronavale), Rear Admiral Guillaume Goutay, said the availability of Caïmans for front-line service has increased from 40% to 50%.
"The situation of the Caïman force is slowly improving," he said. "Overall availability remains a problem, however, with about 50% of the fleet being stuck in deep maintenance or in upgrade programmes at any given time.
https://www.janes.com/article/94459/french-navy-nh.....-improving
