16-Feb-2024Source: Priority 1 Air Rescue
Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR), a world leader in helicopter Search and Rescue (SAR) and Tactical mission operational training and support, is pleased to announce the award of a multi-year contract by French Ministry of Armed Forces Command to provide virtual SAR, Tactical, Aerial Use of Force/Gunnery , and NVIS simulation and training support services... Read more
8-Mar-2023Source: Heli-One
Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has signed an agreement extension with the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to provide aircraft and component maintenance on their AS532 Cougar helicopter fleet. The RNLAF will benefit from this contract extension with uninterrupted maintenance support from experienced teams to optimize downtime. Heli-One... Read more
18-Oct-2022Source: Heli-One
Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), is pleased to announce signature of a contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for support of Airbus AS332 and AS532 helicopters. Heli-One will provide MRO services for airframe, engines, and components for NATO user nations helicopters on an ad hoc... Read more
25-Nov-2019
Around 19:40, during the maneuver to prepare for the engagement of the enemy, the Cougar helicopter and a Tiger collided, crashing close to each other. None of the embarked soldiers survived. A rescue and safety operation of the accident zone is underway. Many ways of the Barkhane force are still engaged. Thirteen soldiers died in combat are... Read more
6-Nov-2019Source: Defense & Security Monitor
The Uzbek Air Force appears to have placed a second order for AS532 helicopters from Airbus. See Full Story.... Read more
4-Mar-2018Source: Heli-One
Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has signed an agreement with the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to provide on-site Intermediate/Depot-level maintenance on 12 AS532 Cougar helicopters and to support five additional aircraft in storage. The agreement covers inspections and maintenance above the 750HR/2-year interval, Makila 1A2 inspections, corrosion... Read more
24-Apr-2017Source: Héli-Union
Héli-Union is creating more than 30 new jobs by opening its doors in Pau, France. This new branch will become another branch of Héli-Union Industry providing heavy maintenance of helicopters. Héli-Union Pau is expected to be operational in May 2017. Héli-Union Pau will host one of Héli-Union’s main portfolios of industry-related service, which is regular... Read more
4-Oct-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Swiss Air Force had to ground its fleet of Airbus Super Pumas during investigation after a military helicopter crashed into the Alps, killing two pilots. As reported by Reuters, they are now resuming flights. The investigation showed that there was no evidence of a systematic fault. Reports have been made that the craft touched... Read more
8-Jun-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Both the German and Brazilian military have reportedly grounded their Cougar/Caracal fleets in the light of the EASA grounding directive made earlier this month. Following the CHC accident off Bergen on 29th April, only civilian aircraft have been grounded to date, largely driven by the way the certification authorities work. Military certification is approached a... Read more
16-Oct-2015Source: Nordic Rotors
Today the Swedish Armed Forces celebrated the retirement of the last Swedish HKP 10 Super Puma. The ceremony was held at the F21 Air Force Base in Luleå, which in fact was the same place where the Swedish Super Pumas first entered service back in the spring of 1988. The event marks the historic end... Read more
25-Jun-2015Source: Sagem
Sagem (Safran) has been awarded a contract by French defense procurement agency DGA for a program to upgrade the capabilities of the Euroflir 350 optronic systems on the French army’s Cougar helicopters, and the Caracal fleet deployed by France’s special and conventional forces. The gyrostabilized Euroflir 350 optronic system will incorporate a new Matis infrared... Read more
16-Mar-2015Source: Airbus
The French General Directorate for Armament (DGA) took delivery of 2 upgraded AS532 Cougar for the French Army Aviation on Friday the 13th March. Airbus Helicopters was awarded with an ambitious modernization program, by the French General Directorate for Armament, for the 26 Cougar aircraft that are operated by the French Army Aviation. The upgrade... Read more
19-Feb-2014Source: AmSafe Bridport
AmSafe Bridport Limited has been awarded a contract from the French Direction Générale de L’armement (DGA) for its requirement for a multipurpose helicopter transport system [designated as système d’hélitransport polyvalent; (SHP)] for the French armed forces helicopter fleet. The SHP is a suite of specialist helicopter cargo lifting equipment capable of safely and efficiently transporting... Read more
25-Sep-2013Source: Turbomeca
Turbomeca (Safran) signed a 25 million EUR contract with the Royal Netherlands Air Force for the repair, overhaul and inspection of their Makila engines. This contract covers the Makila 1A2 engines, powering today the 17 AS532 Cougar helicopters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. These helicopters are used for missions in for instance Afghanistan, “anti... Read more
16-Sep-2012Source: UPI
Chile is in talks with the Netherlands to purchase eight Cougar helicopters that are likely to be reconditioned and upgraded to form part of an air cavalry brigade. (see full story)... Read more
28-Jun-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Radio Netherlands has issued a report that their local Defence Ministry is looking to dispose of aircraft in an effort to both raise some money and to save operational costs – their target is to shave a billion euros from its budget. Apart from a proposed sale of fifteen F-16 jets to Romania, they also... Read more
19-Jun-2012Source: Eurocopter
Africa’s first full-motion helicopter flight simulator has been commissioned by Eurocopter in Kempton Park, the world’s leading manufacturer of civil and military rotorwing aircraft. The simulator, designed to train pilots and flight engineers operating Super Puma and similarly compatible helicopters including the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) Oryx , is located at the SimAero training... Read more
19-Mar-2012Source: This Day
The Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed while commissioning the two helicopter gunships Friday at the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, said it would boost current defence efforts in the country. (see full story)... Read more
31-Oct-2011Source: DGA
[electronic translation] The Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) has ordered 11 October 2011 the renovation of seven Cougar helicopters (six machines in the Army and the Air Force). This command is part of the contract to modernize the entire fleet of military helicopters Cougar Eurocopter notified in January 2008 to 220 million euros. The aim... Read more
19-Oct-2011Source: Forecast International
Turbomeca’s Makila series powers civil and military medium-lift helicopters from Eurocopter. The Makila’s biggest application is the EC 225 and its military EC 725 variant. Sales of the EC 725 have increased over the past few years, buoyed by an order for 50 aircraft in 2009 from Brazil’s armed forces. The deal included assembly of... Read more
25-Jul-2011Source: Brunei MINDEF
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has down-selected two companies who will compete for the Support Helicopter Project (SH Poject) contract, namely Eurocopter and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky). With Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) fleet of Bell 212 and BO105 nearing the end of its operational life, the SH Project was brought about in line with... Read more
7-Apr-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Over 5,000 people in the Dutch military, both service personnel and civil servants, are facing compulsory redundancies. The government is expected to announce on Friday how it plans to make savings of €1bn in its defence budget. Sources are suggesting that the job losses will affect all ranks. Defence minister Hans Hillen also plans to... Read more
30-Mar-2011
Training flight out of Alpnach. Loadmaster slightly injured, two pilots seriously injured.... Read more
4-Mar-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Information is still coming in on an accident involving a French military Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter. Shortly after take-off, a crew member noticed the door was not correctly closed and went to adjust it. In the process of this manouevre, he was sucked out of the aircraft. A second crew member went to help and... Read more
2-Mar-2011
Shortly after take off from the military base of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, a door of the aircraft opened. One occupant tried to secure it, but appears to have dragged out by suction, falling into the waters of a pond. A second crew member went to assist and was also sucked out. One later died in the hospital... Read more
7-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
During the handover ceremony for the second Spanish-built coastal surveillance ship for the Venezuelan Navy, President Hugo Chavez said that his government intended odering eight helicopters to work with the new ships. The ceremony was held at the Puerto Cabello naval base on the acceptance of the ship AB Yavir, pennant number GC-22. On Thursday,... Read more
20-Dec-2010Source: Novinite
All 12 Cougars are now paid for and delivered. However, only 3 Panthers of 6 are delivered and Bulgaria is seeking to avoid penalties while still cancelling the remaining three... Read more
5-Dec-2010Source: Dutch MoD
[Electronic translation of Dutch press release] Netherlands sends a Chinook transport helicopters and three Courgar to Israel to fight a major forest fire near the city of Haifa. That the ministers decided today Rosenthal and Hillen. The fire raging since yesterday, by drought and high winds are difficult to extinguish. It is the largest fire... Read more
22-Nov-2010Source: Novinite
The 12th Cougar helicopter arrived from France on Friday, and was received at the Krumovo base of the Bulgarian Air Force. The Cougar was flown from France by a Bulgarian crew. [File photo. The last Cougar is serial 712]... Read more
23-Sep-2010Source: FlightGlobal
The Dutch military has announced plans to perform a mid-life update for its 17 Eurocopter AS532 Cougars from 2012... Read more
5-Aug-2010
Bulgaria has already received 11 Cougar and 3 Panther helicopters, and has paid 60% of the entire deal – about EUR 240 M – which is the guarantee deposit. But they still owe BGN 175 M and Eurocopter is holding back 1 Cougar and 3 Panthers as a result... Read more
7-Apr-2010Source: Novinite
Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry intends to alter the scope of some its of weapon purchases because of a shortage of money, Defense Minister Angelov has announced.... Read more
11-Feb-2010Source: Balkans.com
Sikorsky International Operations of the USA has cited irregularities in a 78.6-million-euro tender for the purchase of five military helicopters by the Albanian defense ministry, the Korrieri newspaper reported.... Read more
6-Jan-2010Source: Rotorhub
Spanish medical evacuation helicopters have marked a milestone 3,000 flying hours in Afghanistan.... Read more
6-Jan-2010Source: DGA
The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has ordered the renovation of a second batch of five Cougar helicopters, including 4 from the Army and one from the Air Force. These are part of the contract to upgrade 27 Cougars, reported to Eurocopter in January 2008 amounting to 220 million euros. The goal of the renovation... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Business Week
Albania signed a euro78.6 million ($113.2 million) deal Friday to buy five military helicopters from France-based Eurocopter.... Read more
1-Oct-2009Source: Defpro
Five Cougar transport helicopters of the Dutch Armed Forces take over transportations tasks from Chinooks deployed to Afghanistan. An Antonov cargo aircraft successive brought the helicopters to Kandahar Airfield during the past weeks... Read more
6-Jan-2009Source: Turbomeca
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