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Airbus delivers France's last NH90 Standard 1 transport helicopter

Airbus Helicopters delivered the final NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter in Standard 1 configuration to the French Army, completing a 63-aircraft fleet built by the NHIndustries consortium. A further 18 Standard 2 aircraft are still to follow.

Reported AI-drafted European Security & Defence, 7 February 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish that the delayed Standard 2 batch for French special forces will arrive on the stated 2026 to 2029 schedule.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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