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Reach, Readiness, Resilience:
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learn about emerging rotary-wing technologies. As combatant commanders prepare to confront
both asymmetric and near-peer threats on land and at sea, 2018 will be a timely opportunity for
the military helicopter community to shape their strategic vision for helicopter operations in
contemporary and future battlespaces.
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KEY STATISTICS
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MARKET OVERVIEW
Despite budgetary restraints, there is still continued investment across all regions into both
legacy and new rotary wing platforms. The global need for sustainment and upgrade is
being driven by geopolitical entropy and worldwide humanitarian and environmental crises,
which demand organic aerial capability.
However, military helicopters have once again been under public scrutiny following
multiple accidents in both conflict and peacetime, once again raising concerns about
safety, training and rotary wing manufacturing regulations and certification.
Number of aircrafts
in service in 2017
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
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NORTH EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC LATIN MIDDLE EAST AFRICA
AMERICA AMERICA &
THE
CARIBBEAN
The three largest helicopter fleets in the world are the United States, Russia and China.
North America is the biggest market, holding 30.9% of the global market, followed by Asia
Pacific (25.1%) and Europe (24.6%). Middle East accounts for 8.4%, followed by Latin
America & the Caribbean (5.8%) and Africa (5.2%). Compared to our 2016-2017 report,
there has been a surge in demand from emerging markets in Latin America.
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KEY REQUIREMENTS
EUROPE
AUSTRIA
BELARUS
Belarus’ Ministry of Defence announced it has received the second batch of six
Russian-made Mi-8 MTV-5 in April, a month ahead of schedule. A first batch was
delivered in November 2016.
BELGIUM
• Belgium has taken delivery of its final NH90 Caiman helicopter. This model replaces
Belgium’s fleet of Sea Kings and will be flown by the 40th Squadron for SAR
missions.
CROATIA
• Croatia has received 11 more Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance
helicopters, completing the donation of 16 helicopters from the U.S. Air Force.
Croatia has completed its first test flights in April.
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EUROPE
FRANCE
• Airbus Helicopters’ H160 were selected for its tri-service light rotorcraft replacement
programme to replace six helicopter types with the French military: Panther,
Dauphin & Alouette III in the French Navy (Marine Nationale) service, Fennec in the
French Air Force and Army service and Gazelle in the French Army service.
• The Airbus H160 order will be in the region of 160-190 units. Initial deliveries have
been brought forward by at least four years, to 2024 at the latest. The French MoD
would look to quickly replace the Super Puma family.
• France is still in the early stages of developing requirements for new heavy lift
helicopters, high speed helicopters, improved data links and the development of air
to air refuelling.
GERMANY
HUNGARY
• A complete overhaul and modernisation of Mi-17 utility helicopters and Mi-24 battle
helicopters is planned. Four MI-17 are being refurbished in Russia at the moment.
• Reports suggest that Hungary will tender for new attack and transport helicopters
before their 2018 elections.
• Hungary will also be increasing its defence budget from 1% to 2%, in line with its
NATO commitments.
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EUROPE
LITHUANIA
NORWAY
• The Royal Norwegian Air Force began its delivery of 14 NH90s in an initial
operational configuration. The others are to follow in a full operational standard by
2020, with full capability due from 2022.
THE NETHERLANDS
• Boeing will produce 15 CH-47F, including cargo renew and new built helicopters.
Work will be completed by December 31, 2020.
POLAND
• Poland is planning to increase its defence budget to 2.2% of GDP by 2020 and
2.5% of GDP by 2030, representing investments of US$34.8 billion for defence
procurement only for the 2017-2026 period. Equipment needed include attack and
transport helicopters.
• Poland is looking at two bids linked to a requirement for eight combat search and
rescue (CSAR) helicopters, and is also starting to consider a future need for multi-
role rotorcraft. The bidders are:
Airbus Helicopters/Heli Invest Services consortium’s H225M
PZL Mielec/Sikorsky’s S-70i Black Hawk
PZL Świdnik’s AW101
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EUROPE
PORTUGAL
• The Portuguese Ministry of National Defence has authorised the Portuguese Air
Force to acquire five single-engine, lightweight multi-purpose helicopters, along with
spares, training, and support equipment between 2018 and 2020. It is believed that
two additional aircrafts could be ordered as an option. The current fleet made of six
Sud Aviation SE 3160 Alouette III helicopters fielded by Squadron 552 'Zangões'
from Beja Air Base will be replaced by this new procurement, as this type of aircraft
will lose its certificate of airworthiness in 2018. Proposals have been made for:
Airbus Helicopters’ H 125
Leonardo Helicopters’ AW119Kx
RUSSIA
• The first two military MI-38T prototypes have been assembled by Kazan Helicopters
(of Russian Helicopters holding) under a contract signed with the Russian Ministry
of Defence in July 2017. They will be delivered to the Russian Air Force for
compliance tests for the requirements of Army Aviation units. The Russian MoD is
believed to have plans to order at least 100 MI-38Ts by 2020.
• The first eight Mil Mi-28UB made by Russian Helicopters are believed to have been
delivered to the Russian Ministry of Defence in 2017. They are said to be now ready
for serial production. Those Mil Mi-28UBs have been undergoing customer
acceptance testing at the company’s Moscow facilities, and by end of 2017, should
see delivery of a total of eight to the Defence Ministry, then up to 60.
• Russian Helicopters unveiled a new, heavily armed, variant of the Mi-171Sh military
transport helicopter at the MAKS 2017 air show at Zhukovsky. This latter variant is
similar to the Mi-8MTV-5 but is produced by the Ulan-Ude plant, rather than Kazan
Helicopters.
• Russia also ordered an extra ten Ansat-U training helicopters from Kazan
Helicopters in June, valued at $33m;completion date expected to be December this
year.
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EUROPE
RUSSIA (c’td)
• The Russian Air Force plans to induct a fleet of 30 Ansat-U trainer helicopters by
2020. It has ordered 10 of the from Kazan Helicopters in June, valued at $33m; the
completion date is expected to be December this year.
SLOVAKIA
• The Slovakian Air Force has publicly displayed one of an initial pair of Sikorsky UH-
60M Black Hawks as it begins to retire its current Russian-built inventory. Two Black
Hawks were delivered in June and two more will arrive in 2018, with the remainder
to be handed over in 2019. Nine aircrafts have been ordered in total.
SERBIA
• Serbia has ordered nine H145M Military Choppers, including four attack helicopters
equipped with HForce. Airbus has just completed the first flight of this model.
TURKEY
• Turkish Aerospace Industries will produce and deliver 59 T129 ATAK advanced
attack and tactical reconnaissance helicopters by 2018, with 12 expected to be
delivered by the end of 2017.
UNITED KINGDOM
• The Gazelles’ lives have been extended from 2018 to 2025 in the Army Air Corps.
Its current fleet is made of 34 of them, with 19 currently in daily use and the rest
undergoing routine maintenance.
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NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES
• The U.S. have ordered two Sikorsky CH-53 King Stallion Helicopters. Production
has started and they will be flown the Marine Corps and are expected to be
delivered in 2020 along with engineering and integrated logistics support, spares
and peculiar support equipment. This is the first step of a move to replace its aging
fleet of CH-53E Super Stallions by ordering 200 CH-53 King Stallions.
• The U.S have ordered 150 MD 530F utility light helicopters, which are designed
for high-altitude flight in hot-weather conditions, in an ordeal to continue its military
resupply of Afghanistan.
• Bell Helicopter’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor prototype, developed to replace the AH-64
Apache attack chopper and UH-60 Black Hawk has run at full RPMs, and the
company is now readying its aircraft for its first flight scheduled before the end of
2017.
• Boeing has started its Block II upgrade on the U.S. Army’s CH-47F Chinook heavy-
lift helicopter, following plans to upgrade 542 helicopters. Boeing will deliver
upgraded helicopters from 2023 to 2040.
• Airbus Helicopters has delivered its 400th UH-72A Lakota helicopter to the U.S.
Army, fulfilling its contract requirements to date.
• Bell’s V-280 Valor has turned its rotors for the first time, projected to be the
revamped upgraded version of the 30-year-old V-22 Osprey. This development
effort is believed to lead to a potential $100 billion Future Vertical Lift programme to
replace service’s fleets of Sikorsky‘s UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters and
Boeing’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, although any aircraft procured wouldn’t
enter service until the 2030s.
• The Air Force, currently owning 62 UH-1N Huey light utility helicopters, has a
requirement to replace them with 84 aircrafts. The following companies are known
to have submitted their paperwork – other competitors are not required to announce
their proposals publicly:
Leonardo Helicopter’s MH-139
Sikorsky’s Black Hawk
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NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
• The Sea Kings will fully retire in April 2018, leaving their place to the much-delayed
Sikorsky’s Cyclones CH-148.
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LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARRIBBEAN
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
• Bolivia has taken delivery of its last AS 332C1e Super Puma from Airbus
Helicopters in May.
BRAZIL
• The Brazilian Armed Forces has received two H225M from Airbus’ Brazilian
subsidiary, bringing its current fleet to 12. Two more are in the pipeline and
completion of the total 50 aircrafts is expected to end in 2022.
• Leonardo Helicopters has completed the upgrade of the first of the eight Brazilian
Navy Super Lynx Mk21A helicopters, due to undergo major upgrade. The first three
are due to be delivered in 2018.
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LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARRIBBEAN
CHILE
• The Chilean Army has received its tenth and final Airbus helicopter H215M (formerly
the Eurocopter AS532 Cougar) aircraft, the company announced in December 2016.
Chile first ordered eight of the aircraft in 2008 and then added one in 2013 and
another in 2014, to be integrated into the Army Aviation Brigade.
• PZL MIELEC, the Polish subsidiary of Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky division, expects
to begin delivering S-70i transport helicopters to the Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh,
Chilean Air Force) in 2018. The FACh purchased six Black Hawks in late 2016 at a
cost of $182m. The service introduced a single S-70A-39 in 1998, and in its 19
years of service this aircraft has recorded several important achievements, reaching
the South Pole in 1999.
• The Commander-in-Chief of the III Brigada Aérea (3rd Air Brigade) of the Fuerza
Aérea de Chile (FACh, Chilean Air Force) in El Tepual, Puerto Montt, has confirmed
the arrival in service of a new Bell 412 twin-engine helicopter. The aircraft is part of
the replacement process for the FACh’s UH-1H helicopters, which now average
around 50 years of age.
COLOMBIA
• Colombia is looking into the modernisation of its MI-17V-5 and Mi-17-1B military
transport helicopters and is holding talks with Russian Helicopters. It is also looking
into the upgrade of its Bell’s UH-1H.
MEXICO
• Mexico is ready to buy a new batch of Russian-made Mil Mi-17 military transport
helicopters. It is not known whether this purchase has been made.
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AFRICA
ALGERIA
• The Algerian Air Force has taken delivery of a second batch of Mi-26T2 heavy lift
helicopters from Russian Helicopters. The 14 aircrafts ordered are expected to be
all delivered by the end of the year.
BURKINA FASO
• Burkina Faso has ordered two Mi-171Sh armed helicopters from Russia, expected
to be delivered in 2018.
EGYPT
• Russia may soon sign a contract with Egypt to provide Kamov Ka-52K helicopters.
• The Egyptian Army will receive 15 of the 46 Russian-made Ka-52 Alligator attack
helicopters in 2017, with deliveries of the total number of aircrafts expected to be
completed by 2019.
MALI
• Russian Helicopters has delivered two MI-35M helicopters to Mali. It has ordered
two more, which should be delivered in 2019.
NIGER
• Niger has taken delivery of the first two of 12 Russian-made Mi-35M attack
helicopters and has inducted them into service, as part of their continuing armed
forces modernisation programme. The rest should be delivered by the end of 2017.
NIGERIA
• The Nigerian Navy may receive three AS565MBe Panther from Airbus Helicopters.
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AFRICA
TUNISIA
• Tunisia has received first six of twenty four Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors ordered
from the U.S. in February 2017, with the rest expected to be delivered in March. It is
unclear if all aircrafts have been delivered.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
• The U.S. will potentially sell a Sikorsky MH-60R upgrade program to Australia. It
would last 10 years and would encompass 24 MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’
helicopters, along with associated training devices, spare and repair parts,
engineering and technical services, support and test equipment and other technical
and logistical services. It is happening just one year after receiving the final delivery
of the 24 aircrafts. Replacement of the Tigers is also on the horizon.
CHINA
• China has ordered four Mi-171E multirole medium helicopters from Russia and
deliveries will be carried out in 2018.
INDIA
• Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Boeing have delivered the first crown and
tailcone assembly for the Indian configuration of the CH-47F Chinook to Boeing, as
part of the 15 helicopters due to be delivered to the Indian Air Force from 2019.
• The Indian Army’s Aviation Corps is planned to start operating U.S.-made AH-64E
Apache heavy attack helicopters, following the purchase made in August. Deliveries
are expected to start in early 2020.
• In total, the AAC is seeking to buy a total of 39 AH-64E to be used in three different
squadrons.
• India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd has started production of its Light
combat Helicopter and is expected to conduct live firing trials from the end of the
year.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
INDIA (c’td)
• India and Russia are holding negotiations for an order of 48 Russian-made Mi-17
military transport helicopters, with hope of signing a deal by the end of the year.
• It has also restarted the procurement of helicopters for the Indian Navy, issuing new
requests for information (RFI) covering the acquisition of 111 naval utility helicopters
(NUH) and 123 naval multirole helicopters (NMRH). The RFI has been sent to
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky, Bell, Airbus Helicopters and Russian Helicopters.
• India has ordered six AH-64ER Apache attack helicopters for USD 651 million, in
addition to the 22 Apaches it is procuring for its Air Force.
INDONESIA
JAPAN
• Japan has ordered 17 V-22 Osprey helicopters from Bell-Boeing and the first has
performed its maiden flight in late August.
PAKISTAN
• Bell delivered its first AH-1Z of a 12 aircrafts deal with Pakistan. The remaining
aircrafts are scheduled to be handed over before the end of 2018.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
PAKISTAN (c’td)
• Russia has completed the delivery of four Mil Mi-35M 'Hind E' attack helicopters,
meant to be flown by the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps.
PHILIPPINES
• Airbus Helicopters Philippines Inc. has offered the new H145M light helicopter to the
Philippines Armed Forces.
• President Duerte vowed in July 2016 to procure 30 new attack and combat
helicopters this year. It is believed these helicopters will be proportioned into
Leonardo Helicopters’AW-109 armed helicopters and Bell 412EP combat utility
helicopters (CUH).
SOUTH KOREA
• South Korea has now introduced its final batch of AW159 anti-submarine
helicopters. The commissioning of the last four aircraft was confirmed by the
Republic of Korea Armed Forces in July 2017. Its Defence Acquisition Programme
Administration ordered eight AW159s in 2013. The first batch of four ASW159s was
delivered to South Korea in June 2016.
THAILAND
• Thailand plans to acquire combat helicopters to replace its ageing fleet of Bell AH-
1F Cobras and the initial procurement is believed to start with an initial batch of six
helicopters. The models being considered are:
Leonardo (AgustaWestland) AW129 Mangusta
Russia’s Mil Mi-28
China’s CAIC Z-10
Bell AH-1 SuperCobra or AH-1Z Viper
Boeing’s AH-64 Apache
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MIDDLE EAST
AFGHANISTAN
• The U.S. has delivered the first two UH-60 Black Hawks helicopters to the Afghan
Air Force to replace Russian-made MI-17, in order to modernise its fleet. By 2024,
the U.S. plans to deliver 159 Black Hawks to Afghanistan, including 58 fitted with
extra rocket pods and machine guns to provide close air support. The Afghan pilots
are expected to begin flying with Black Hawks by early 2018.
IRAN
• Russian Helicopters has reportedly signed an MOU with Iran’s IDRO with a view to
launching licence production of the Ka-226 utility helicopter in Iran.
ISRAEL
• Israel will replace its ageing CH-53 Yasur fleet by 2025. Both Boeing and Lockheed
Martin are competing for this bid, with their respective CH-47 Chinook and CH-53K
King Stallion.
JORDAN
• Two additional UH-60Ms were received by the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) in
July 2017. The helicopters are from a batch of 12 UH-60Ms, all expected to be
delivered by October 2017.
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MIDDLE EAST
SAUDI ARABIA
• The Saudi National Guard is also investing heavily into an indigenous rotary-wing
training infrastructure.
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