DSEI 2021: Airbus proposes H175M for UK’s NMH requirement

Airbus Helicopters has revealed that it intends to offer its H175M super-medium-class utility rotorcraft for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD’s) New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement. The NMH programme will ultimately see four legacy rotorcraft fleets from across the UK Armed Forces replaced by a single solution from mid-2025. These fleets comprise the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) Westland Puma HC2 and Bell Griffin HAR2 helicopters, as well as the Army Air Corps’ (AAC’s) Brunei-based Bell 212s and special forces-operated Airbus