EUROSATORY 2022 | Airbus H145M helicopter with SPIKE ER and full weapons suite presentation

My name is Constance Pinsdorf, I am the director of the military H145 program and I am also responsible for product policy. I am pleased to now introduce you to the H145 and this type of

helicopter

is a 3.8 ton

helicopter

with a useful payload of approximately 1.9 tons. This military aircraft is completely based on the civil version, which is really successful and the successful civil version has already been sold more than 1500 times, so you can see that we are really based on a very mature baseline, so this It's really interesting for us as and of course also for the global market.

So, you can take advantage of all the benefits that come from the civil version, which means that the maturity is really good, the maintenance is really good, the support and service is really good and also the logistics interaction. This type of aircraft is a multi-purpose helicopter: it can be easily changed from a search and rescue helicopter to a utility helicopter, to a transport helicopter, to an armed escort and of course also to a light attack helicopter, as you can see here very clearly. , we have the outer stations that are called MPP (multipurpose pylons) and these multipurpose pylons can carry different types of

weapons

.

These different types of

weapons

can be easily mixed with each other. So it means that you have the option of using the M3P for the HMP400, the 12.7mm cannon with 400 rounds or the 20mm cannon or of course also the more "smart" weapons like the anti-tank missile. The anti-tank missile can be delivered as a dual launcher or also as a quad launcher, which means that in total you can carry 8 missiles and these missiles are controlled by radio control, radio frequency control or fiber optic control. The fiber optic control has a range of around 10 km and the frequency control has a range of around 16 km.

And this is our most recent development, we did a live shooting campaign for an international audience about two weeks ago, this was really successful in Romania directly and we showed our capabilities there, it was the first de-risking phase that took place during that time. . And yes, the customers really appreciated it. As I said, we can easily change the settings. You can also use rockets, so we have the opportunity to install laser-guided and also unguided rockets. This is a rocket port coming from Belgium from FZ and there you can see that we have the opportunity to use these 12 tube launchers with 9 unguided rocket capacities and a lens protection kit for the top row for three guided rockets laser.

It is a 70 mm caliber, so you can see that we have a wide variety of uses for different types of weapons. What more can I say? We also have the opportunity to install door gunner equipment inside this helicopter, which means that if you remove these types of outside stations, this can easily be done in 30 minutes. If you're not that experienced, I'd say that if you're experienced, it's easy to remove in under 30 minutes each side and then you can use the same binding for quick hoisting, fast lashing, and quick repelling. Therefore, special forces missions can also be performed at the end.

The cabin itself can be used for more than 10, up to 10 people in total with high density seating, up to 10 people in total, normally customers use it for special forces, for example, up to eight people and if installed in the Pivot-mounted machine guns on the left and right, you can also carry six people in total. You have a complete 360 ​​degree accessibility inside the helicopter because we have two sliding doors on the left and right side and also at the rear, a rear entry is also possible and you have a covered tail rotor that gives us the rotor covered tail that allows us to have a safe in the front.

With our 5-blade main rotor system we had the opportunity to increase our payload and this payload is increased up to 150 kg in total, which means that the payload up to 1900 kg is, yes, you know, totally increasing the amount of useful payload at the end. We also have the opportunity to switch between different types of mission equipment, we can install different types of EOS system, we can also install a tracking system, search landing lights, we can also install a flotation system inside or directly on the skid . So this is not a problem either, we have great modularity here, a huge and versatile concept and that also gives us the opportunity to say that this is a real multi-role helicopter.

From the corporate point of view, you can see that we have a complete digital system with our Helionx system which is self-developed and the HForce weapon system which is called the H4 system and therefore we have the concept that always the gunner is in charge of the mission. and the pilot who is sitting on the right side is in charge of the flight mission. Then the other thing we can take into account here is that the maintenance, as I already mentioned, is really low here and with the new main rotor system we also have the opportunity to increase our maintenance activities because it does not have hinges or bearings. and you can see that you can easily uninstall, remove and install new rotor blades, so this is always a maintenance improvement for the customer.

Regarding the self-protection system, we have the opportunity to install Missile Warner and there will also be development for Radar Warner and Laser Warner, so these will be the next improvements and this type of helicopter is also capable of handling unmanned equipment. capabilities as well so you can see that there is a wide variety. And from a maintenance perspective, it is also very useful for customers, so in the end there is a complete success story behind this aircraft that also brings great benefit to customers.