Airbus Helicopters delivers first H145M to the Royal Thai Navy

After the technical reception held successfully today, Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first two multipurpose light helicopters military H145M to the Royal Thai Navy. This release is an important milestone in the program H145M way to the final acceptance and commissioning in Thailand at the end of 2016.

At the ceremony in Donauwörth plant attended by a delegation of the Royal Thai Navy and CEO Airbus Helicopters of Germany, Wolfgang Schoder. "After the launch of H145M with delivery to the German Luftwaffe last year, we are now very proud to have the Royal Thai Navy as operator of the new H145M" said Wolfgang Schoder. 

The H145M is the military version of the civilian helicopter H145. Commissioned in the summer of 2014, it has recently reached the milestone of 15,000 flight hours. With a maximum takeoff weight of 3.7 tons, the H145M is suitable for a wide range of military operations, including naval missions, utility, reconnaissance, search and rescue, medical evacuation, and armed patrol. 

The H145M of the Royal Thai Navy are equipped with pylons support multipurpose, including fairings Aerodynamic, load hook, crane, HF system for search and rescue (SAR, for its acronym in English), weather radar, indoor tank system fuel for long distance and fixed provision for further modernization for future special operations. Both H145M remain in Germany until September 2016 for pilot training on Airbus Helicopters Training Academy in Manching. The delivery of the remaining three helicopters is scheduled for September 2016. Designed as genuine multipurpose military helicopter, the H145M offers a unique, capable of carrying out missions day and night, in bad weather and rough terrain platform. The wide range of mission equipment, depending on the configuration chosen by the customer, enhances the flexibility of the missions of military operators. 

The helicopter set Helionix® digital avionics - including four-axis autopilot developed by the company - is designed to relieve the workload of the crew, while offering high levels of security and an improved perception of the situation

The H145M is powered by two Turbomeca Arriel 2E, equipped with digital control engine full authority (FADEC, for its acronym in English). Its low noise footprint makes the H145 the quietest helicopter in its class. Family H145 helicopters proves his worth to military customers for many years. The German Federal Army (Bundeswehr), which is the H145M launch customer, has placed an order for 15 helicopters of this type in settings for special forces. The delivery of the third of these devices is expected within a few days

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