Fri, Mar 16, 2018
Will Act As Prime Contractor For The 28 NH90 Helicopter Program
The Ministry of Defence of Qatar has announced a contract for the purchase of 28 NH90 medium twin-engine multirole military helicopters. The deal was announced during the DIMDEX Exhibition in Doha in the presence of the Italian Minister of Defense Roberta Pinotti and Leonardo Chief Executive Officer Alessandro Profumo.
The overall program is valued at more than €3 billion (approx. $3.7 billion) to the NHI consortium, and includes 16 NH90 TTH for land operations, 12 NH90 NFH for naval missions, a comprehensive support, maintenance training services package and associated infrastructure. The program could be further extended in the future with the addition of 6 + 6 units in a mix of TTH and NFH variants.
Leonardo will act as overall prime contractor with responsibility for program management, final assembly and delivery of the 12 NH90 NFH helicopters from its Venice – Tessera facility in Northern Italy and an eight-year support and training services package for crews and maintenance technicians. Meanwhile Airbus will be responsible for the final assembly of the 16 NH90 TTH aircraft. Deliveries are expected to start before June 2022 and to continue through to 2025.
Leonardo will also supply, contribute to and integrate various equipment, avionics and sensors. “We are proud to have signed this contract that expands and continues Leonardo’s strong and long term partnership with Qatar, to which we are delivering a wide range of the most advanced technology and customized solutions spanning the military and security domains," said Alessandro Profumo, Leonardo Chief Executive Officer.
"This contract award confirms Leonardo as a reliable partner to Qatar and marks an outstanding achievement and a new and further milestone for one of the key sectors of Leonardo. We are all strongly committed to strengthen our business approach according to our 2018-2022 Industrial Plan.”
(Images provided with Leonardo Company news release and from file)
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