CONTENTS s w o d a h FEATURED ARTICLES S & t h g i ACH, tailored foryou L © IN THE SPOTLIGHT MISSION No . 1 09 - O CT O BER 2 01 7 4/ The frst H175 20/Above the volcano delivered in Asia Pacifc 22/Time �or the elite MISSION BEHIND THE SCENES LOGBOOK The H145Ms The new EMS missions of the Bundeswehr Paris-Le Bourget site in Finland 24/ The H125 taking 360° on the roo� o� the world 5/Highlights �rom Airbus Helicopters AROUND THE WORLD 26/Helicopters help Tanzania UP ABOVE to �ourish i h c c e 16/Air Glaciers’ H135 P Tailored foryou y n o h t n A © in Switzerland BEHIND THE SCENES 28/Paris-Le Bourget: Communication Director: Yves Barillé (Publication Director), Editor LOGBOOK in Chief : Belén Morant (send your comments and pictures to an industrial trans�ormation [email protected]), Director of photography: 18/Emergency care takes �ight Jérôme Deulin, Translation: Burton, Van Iersel & Whitney, Munich; project Amplexor. Published by: , Printed by: SPI, N° ISSN 1169- in the Land o� the Midnight Sun 9515 (Copyright Airbus 2017, all rights reserved). The logo and the OFF THE BEATEN TRACK names of its products and services are registered trademarks of Airbus. Magazine printed on Triple 30/At the summit at all times! Star, paper originating from sustainable forests. Formoreinformation Follow us on Join us on Follow us on www.airbushelicopters.com twitter/AirbusHC facebook/AirbusHelicopters youtube/AirbusHelicopters EDITORIAL e r b a F e t t e r o L © When we study megatrends, we dream up “Our goal is to 2030, 60% of the global population will and foresee new uses for things. Airbus be living in cities, some 10% more than Helicopters is play ing its part in these make a diference in 2010. Providing new solutions to curb major global trends by taking vertical flight in terms o� the rise in road traffic while also protecting and applying it to the uses of tomorrow’s excellence, quality the environment will be a major challenge. world. Our goal is to make a difference in The aerial vehicle we are developing in the terms of excellence, quality and safety, and sa�ety, and CityAirbus project —the first flight of which and by anticipating future needs through by anticipating is scheduled for late 2018 —will deliver new solutions. �uture needs precisely this solution for city residents. In creat ing our new A irbus Corporate through new Breaking free from gridlocked city streets, Helicopters brand, we are offering a cus- this all-electric flying taxi, which will also be tomised response to the demands of the solutions. ” self-piloted, will carry up to four people.The corporate and VIP market.Taking inspiration Guillaume Faury rapid vertical flight solution provided by our from the expertise of Airbus Corporate Jets, Racer technology demonstrator will also ACH strives for excellence in the products enable journeys to be made between city and services it offers in what promises to be centres in record time. a high-growth market in the coming years. Finally, the VSR700 drone’s promising Vertical flight will also provide a unique solu- future on the military market has bolstered tion to the growing need for urban mobility, Airbus Helicopters’ commitment to the new by making it much easier to travel around vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone and between cities. Studies show that by segment. ROTOR - No. 109 - OCTOBER 2017 / 3 IN THE SPOTLIGHT A I October 2017 S A The frst H175 delivered in Asia Pacifc. z a R c i r E 4 / ROTOR - No. 109 - OCTOBER 2017 © R 360° D © D SAFELOG PROJECT L R IS DEPLOYED TO CUSTOMERS O Airbus Helicopters is now transporting dynamic W assemblies in new containers incorporating �oam dampers calibrated according to the transported parts, or in a removable �rame equipped with cable dampers supporting the dynamic assembly. These brand-new containers are also equipped N 40 YEARS OF COOPERATION with sensors (traceability o� major parameters) and A P WITH KAWASAKI HEAVY shock detectors (based on an ink capsule activated A J INDUSTRIES in case o� exceeded thresholds). Its deployment, which will take place around the world, began with This year marks 40 years o� success�ul collaboration operators o� the H225 and the Super Puma AS332 between Airbus Helicopters and Kawasaki Heavy in July 2017 and will extend to other helicopters Industries – a cause to celebrate the highly like the H175 as o� November. These improvements success�ul cooperation in both Japan and Germany. show Airbus Helicopters’ commitment to bettering In 1977, Teruaki Yamada and Dr. Ludwig Bölkow the sa�ety o� its customers’ �ights through – then-CEOs o� Kawasaki Heavy Industries and enhanced traceability o� parts, notably during Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, a predecessor transport. company o� Airbus Helicopters – signed a cooperation agreement to produce a joint twin- engine rotorcra�t �or eight to ten people. Under the agreement, the Japanese company would be responsible �or development and production o� the air�rame and the main gearbox, while the main rotor and its control-system components as well as the tail boom and cockpit window would be designed and made in Germany. This division o� labour has remained more or less the same to this day. In 1979, just two years a�ter the agreement was signed, the frst BK117 prototypes took to the skies g above Germany (June 1979) and Japan (August 1979), n a t s marking the start o� the �ight test campaign. o R y To this day, some 1,400 helicopters have been r r e i built on the back o� this strong German-Japanese h T cooperation, which together have accumulated © over 4.8 million �ight hours. Y A FIRST H135 WITH HELIONIX FOR A CIVIL CUSTOMER W R In late August, Norwegian air-rescue organisation Norsk Lu�tambulanse AS (Nolas) O became the frst civil customer to take delivery o� an H135 helicopter equipped with N Helionix avionics. Nolas currently operates twelve H135 helicopters �rom its bases in Norway and Denmark. Six additional H135s with Helionix avionics are scheduled r e �or delivery to the Norwegian customer by late 2018. The Helionix digital avionics l l e K suite – also available �or the H145, H160, and H175 – reduces pilot workload . D n while increasing mission �exibility and �ight sa�ety thanks to �eatures such as a i t s i the 4-axis autopilot. A �urther 20 H135 helicopters with Helionix avionics will be r h C delivered by the end o� the year. More than 1,250 H135s are in service worldwide, © which together have accumulated over �our million �ight hours. ROTOR - No. 109 - OCTOBER 2017 / 5 g n a t s o R y r r e 360° i h T © g n a t s o R y r r e i E h T THE H160 LANDS C © N ON THE BPC MISTRAL A R On 4 September, within the �ramework F o� the 15th Summer De�ence Con�erence, which took place in Toulon, the H160 prototype was presented �or the frst time to the decision-makers o� the de�ence community in France. This �ollowed the decision o�cially announced in March 2017 by the French Ministry o� the Armed Forces to make the militarised H160 the basis o� the �uture Y FIRST FLIGHT OF THE H145M HIL programme (joint light helicopter). N A WITH HFORCE WEAPON SYSTEM It should also be noted that on this M occasion, the H160 landed on a military ship R The H145M completed its frst �ight with a complete �or the frst time, setting down on the BPC E HForce weapon system at the end o� August 2017 G (projection and command ship) Mistral. in Donauwörth, Germany. With the modular system, the H145M can be equipped with various guided and ballistic armaments such as missiles and laser guided rockets, guns, machine guns and rockets. Qualifcation o� HForce on the H145M is planned �or 2018. The next steps be�ore qualifcation are a fring campaign in Hungary and a test o� laser-guided rockets in Sweden be�ore the end o� the year. The Republic o� Serbia is the frst customer �or the H145M with HForce weapon system, ordering nine H145Ms, including �our attack helicopters equipped with HForce. HForce is a comprehensive, modular and cost-e�cient weapon system that can be used on any military version o� Airbus’ civil helicopter range (H125M, H145M and H225M). r e l l e K n a i t s i r h C / s r e t p o c i l e H s u b r i A © 6 / ROTOR - No. 109 - OCTOBER 2017 N JAPAN COAST GUARD ORDERS A P THREE ADDITIONAL H225s A J This summer, Airbus Helicopters was awarded a contract �rom the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) �or the purchase o� three additional H225s. This new order will bring the JCG’s total H225 �eet to nine helicopters by February 2020. In 2016, the JCG placed an order �or a sixth H225, which will be delivered in 2018. Under the agreement, the three H225 helicopters will be used �or security en�orcement, Japanese r e l l e territorial coastal activities, as well as disaster K n relie� missions. a i t s i r Currently operating eight helicopters �rom the Y h THE WORLD’S FIRST H145 C N Super Puma �amily, the JCG frst introduced © A FULL FLIGHT SIMULATOR Airbus’ AS332 L1 into its �eet in 1992, and M R IS CERTIFIED subsequently welcomed its frst H225 in 2008.