French Army Tests NH90 Helo

Published: Oct 27, 2005
Source: www.edefenseonline.com



Eurocopter's NH90 on Sept. 17-30 was in the hands of the French Army's Gamstat (the airmobile group the engineering branch) for an evaluation of its tactical capabilities. The test aircraft was the PT4 with German Army markings.

The trials team of pilots Jean Colin (Gamstat) and Jean-Michel Feydey (CEV), flight test engineer Denis Petitpas (CEV), flight engineer Dominique Uhring (Gamstat), and systems officer François Maches (Gamstat) logged 13 flight hours.

Eurocopter Deutschland supplied a team of ground mechanics to help prepare the helicopter.

The main aims of the trials were to verify that the mission system operated as intended in an operational environment, and to validate the flight vision system. Another objective was to study work sharing between crewmembers.continue..