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Airbus Joins Competition for Australia’s Special Forces Helicopter

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

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Airbus Joins Competition for Australia’s Special Forces Helicopter

Airbus Helicopters H145M. Photo courtesy of Airbus

Airbus confirmed it has responded to Australia’s search for a rapidly-deployable, multi-role light helicopter with its H145M — the military version of the Airbus H145. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is seeking at least 16 new rotorcraft for its special forces to carry out a wide variety of missions, to be delivered by 2022. “The Airbus H145M helicopter is the military version of the H145 – the most advanced member of Airbus’ multi-purpose twin-engine category,” said Andrew Mathewson, managing director…

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