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"Military and Military Secondary Point" Author: Lu Yan

At present, the most advanced helicopter technology is the United States and Europe. Russia has fallen to the second echelon. As a later person, my country has gradually narrowed the gap with Russia. However, recently, Norway canceled the contract to buy the NH90 helicopter and stopped the entire fleet. It also planned to retreat all the helicopters and return to the previously paid $ 525 million. Make sure these helicopters fly safely and reliable. This is strange. It is very different from the previous understanding of European helicopters. So where is the question?

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The NH90 is a medium -sized dual -shaped multi -purpose military helicopter. R & Dists brought together a large number of outstanding European companies. From the perspective of technical strength, there is no problem. As early as 1985, the countries jointly developed were France, West Germany and Italy, and the Netherlands, as well as the United Kingdom. They planned to provide a good transport anti -submarine helicopter for NATO in the 1990s. But by 1987, the British withdrawn from the team due to the incompetence of the United Kingdom, and Portugal joined the plan in 2001. The entire helicopter began to be designed in 1993. The prototype made its first flight in 1995 and began in service in 2007. It belongs to one of the most advanced helicopters.

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The overall specifications and properties of the NH90 are similar to the Black Eagle helicopter. The overall shape is similar to the larger AW101 helicopter. It does not adopt the body design like the black eagle helicopter. This can not only open a cabin door at the tail, but also the cabin at the same time. At the same time, the cabin can The volume is also relatively large, and 20 soldiers can be transported under normal circumstances. The external mounting method can be lifted up to 4.2 tons of goods. The aircraft's empty weight is about 6.4 tons, and the maximum take -off weight is 10.6 tons. The engine is two CT7-8E turbine shaft engines or two RTM322-1/9 turbine shaft engines from Rorro Polyca, with a maximum power of more than 2,400 horsepower. In terms of overall performance and technical level, it is indeed more advanced than the helicopter that was born earlier than the Black Eagle.

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NH90 is considered to be a standard 10 -ton helicopter in Europe. In addition to the use of European countries, it also uses Australia and Qatar and other countries. In 2001, Norway ordered 14 NH90 helicopters, which mainly used the Royal Norwegian Navy and the Norwegian Coast Guard. It is expected to be delivered from 2005 to 2008.

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However, everyone also knows that Europeans have been procrastinating for developing weapons. In 2011, the first helicopter was officially delivered to Norway. Norway also expressed dissatisfaction with the delay of the helicopter. The same type of helicopter in other countries, such as the US sea eagle anti -submarine helicopter. By 2014, 6 of the 14 NH90s had been delivered to Norway. By June this year, the Norwegian National Defense Minister once again requested to terminate the NH90 contract because the new delayed incident and the parent company did not perform the contract obligations, so they planned to purchase other helicopters to replace the NH90.

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According to Norwegian media reports, the annual flight time of the NH90 helicopter was 3900 hours, and the average flight time was only 700 hours so far. Although there are many countries in NH90 and seem to be successful, the problem of reliability of this helicopter is not a family. Australia has abandoned the general helicopter of the MRH90 battlefield. Originally, this helicopter replaced the UH60 black eagle helicopter from the United States. As a result, Australia was annoyed because of maintenance and reliability problems. In the end, this helicopter gave way to the Black Eagle helicopter.

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For Norway, the most realistic choice is to purchase the Black Hawk helicopter in the United States. However, it is not the same as the previous speculation. If there are similar things before, we will think that the United States is chanting from it, but this time it is indeed because there are problems with the helicopter itself, and the black eagle helicopter not only has a more mature and reliable performance.

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However, for European helicopters, Norway's abandonment of NH90 is just the beginning. Because we said earlier, a major reason for Norway's abandonment of this helicopter was because it was unable to perform the contract normally for multiple delays. At present, the United States has begun to develop a new advanced helicopter. The most important thing is to replace the extremely large black eagle helicopter. Although my country and Russia do not have a clear similar plan, the relationship between European countries and the United States is very close. Once Europe cannot take out the appropriate competitive models in the short term, the market that originally belongs to Europe will be occupied by the United States. Europeans' weapons are both expensive and not easy to use, and delayed delivery at every turn. In contrast, the advanced American aircraft is not particularly expensive. At the same time, most of them can perform their obligations according to the contract. Who is unwilling to buy it? How to keep your market and solve the problem of such "Indian flavors" is the most concerned about Europeans.

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