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NH Industries Delivered the 14th NH90 NFH Caiman Helicopter to the French Navy.
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Industries Delivered the 14th NH90 NFH Caiman Helicopter to the French
Navy |
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Industries delivered the last NH90 NFH Caiman in "Step B"
standard to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on July 17, 2015. It
is the fourteenth Caiman delivered out of the 27 on order by the French
Navy. |
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 The 14th French Navy NH90 Caiman joined the 33F flotilla in Lanvéoc-Poulmic naval air station (Brittany) Picture: A.Agostinelli@Marine Nationale |
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Following
the usual maintenance operations before its induction, the maritime
helicopter was transferred to the 33F flotilla (naval helicopter squadron)
in Lanvéoc-Poulmic naval air station (Brittany) on August 12,
2015. This brings to five the number of Caimans in this flotilla. NH90 helicopters belonging to 33F flotilla rountinely deploy with French Navy Aquitaine class Frigates (FREMM) and Forbin class Destroyer (Horizon). |
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 The NH90 may deploy two MU90 Torpedoes. Picture: French Navy/Robert Dal Soglio |
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The NH90 NFH boasts a state-of-the-art weapons system that combines
– as part of a high-performance platform – a package of
ultra-modern electronic, acoustic and optronic sensors as well as weapons
loads adapted to anti-ship (ASuW) and anti-submarine (ASW) missions.
The helicopter also performs SAR, amphibious, maritime surveillance
and anti-piracy missions. Earlier this year, French Navy Caiman crews passed some major qualification steps such as IOC for the release of counter measures and IOC for ASW with MU90 torpedo. In a march, an NH90 Caiman conducted the first ever operational deployement with Horizon class air-defence destroyer Chevalier Paul. |