Airbus offers 'cost effective' Tiger replacement

摘要

AIRBUS Australia Pacific has thrown its corporate hat into the ring for Defence's Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) replacement program, to be delivered under Land 4503, with a bid to incrementally upgrade the current capability, which it says will save the taxpayer $3 billion out to 2040. Land 4503 will require up to 29 proven, mature, off-the-shelf armed helicopters, with Initial Operational Capability (IOC) slated for the 2026 timeframe. A Request For Information (RFI) was released to industry on July 11.