Thu, Sep 13, 2012
Aircraft To Be Upgraded For Use In Afghan Environment
A significant milestone in Eurocopter’s Tiger support helicopter program has been reached following the delivery of the first four helicopters to be upgraded for deployment to Afghanistan. This puts the German Army in possession of a complete batch of ASGARD helicopters – a necessary prerequisite if the Tiger is to be deployed in theater by the end of the year.
The Afghanistan Stabilization German Army Rapid Deployment (ASGARD) program of modifications for the Tiger Support Helicopter was agreed by Eurocopter and the Federal Ministry of Defence at the end of 2011 and includes a sand filter, additional defensive weaponry, a mission data recorder and enhanced communications equipment for multinational missions.
“The Tiger presents the Bundeswehr with an unquestionably modern machine for its operations, with the ASGARD configuration ideally tailored to Afghanistan. However, it is equally true to say that in the long term this helicopter will do its duty in a whole range of possible combat scenarios,” said Eurocopter President & CEO Dr. Lutz Bertling.
Since last July, a total of four aircraft newly configured for Afghanistan have been delivered to 36 Combat Helicopter Regiment in Fritzlar, which allowed preparations for deployment from the end of 2012 to get underway. The second batch of four helicopters is due to be delivered beginning in December, according to the agreement with the Bundeswehr.
To date, Eurocopter has delivered 93 Tigers in all, including 27 UHTs to the Bundeswehr. Altogether, the helicopters in Germany, France, Spain and Australia have logged over 38,350 flight hours, while the Tigers of the French Armed Forces alone have seen over 3,750 hours of service in Afghanistan, and 250 in Libya.
(Image provided by Eurocopter)
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