EMS Configuration Presented At HAI Verticon in Dallas

Airbus Helicopters introduced its newest light twin-engine H140 at this week’s HAI Verticon 2025 in Dallas, Texas. It is a 3-ton aircraft that represents a growth variant of the company’s current H135 offering for emergency medical services, passenger transport, and business and private aviation segments.

The helicopter is planned for entry into service in the EMS segment in 2028.

The H140 is powered by the Safran Arrius 2E 700 shp engine that provides an optimum payload and range performance. The engines are managed by a dual channel FADEC system that guarantees optimum performance in all engines operative (AEO) and ample power reserve in one engine-inoperative (OEI)scenarios.

Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters said, “Introducing a new helicopter to the light twin engine segment is a testimony to our commitment to meeting our customers’ evolving mission requirements, leveraging our R&T programmes such as Bluecopter.

“We worked hand in hand with our H135 customers to bring their additional requirements together in the H140’s efficient design. It enables customers to benefit from a bigger mission-enhancing cabin space that was sized to an optimised engine performance for the best-in-class payload and range. We are proud to be able to offer our customers the most competitive choices,” he added.

Airbus displayed a full-scale model in an EMS configuration at Verticon. It features a number of innovations including a T-shaped tail boom with an optimized Fenestron that reduces sound, a five-blade bearingless main rotor and new engines.

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