Overview
- Airbus announced the contract at the Dubai Airshow, confirming delivery of multi-mission H225Ms to the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
- The helicopters will be configured for combat search and rescue with double hoists, a searchlight, a Safran Euroflir 410 sensor, provisions for machine guns and an electronic warfare self-protection suite.
- The agreement bundles connected services and plans to expand existing facilities into a maintenance, repair and overhaul customer service center for West Africa.
- Airbus declined to disclose the value of the contract.
- The 10-aircraft buy is fewer than the RMAF’s reported 24 Puma helicopters, so it will not be a like-for-like replacement.