Airbus Helicopters announced on March 6, 2019, that it has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B3 engine to power the H135 variant, its proposal for the US Department of the Navy requirement.
The H135 is being offered for the Navy’s training helicopter programme, known as the Advanced Helicopter Training System, and, if successful, the company intends to manufacture the helicopters at its North American production facility in Columbus, Mississippi.
Chris Emerson, President of Airbus Helicopters Inc and Head of the North America Region, said: “Pratt & Whitney engines power a large proportion of the H135 fleet flying in North America and we feel this choice reinforces the H135 as the bestvalue solution for Navy’s initial entry rotary-wing pilot training requirement.”
Nigel Pittaway
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19th June 2025
