Airbus nets French Guépard deal to close out sales year

Airbus looks to have been the beneficiary of an €8.6bn deal for the development, manufacture and delivery of more than 160 H160M ‘Guépard’ helicopters for the French Armed Forces, following a contract announcement published on the European Union’s digital tender site in early December. In 2020 Airbus Helicopters, Safran Helicopter Engines, and the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) agreed to pursue further studies into the militarisation of the H160 platform to support a future tri-service H160M fleet under the Joint