First navalised NH90 delivered to Dutch MoD

摘要

The Dutch Ministry Of Defence (MoD)rntook delivery of the first naval versions (NFH) of the NHI NH90 multirole helicopter at AgustaWestland's Vergiate facility, near Milan, Italy at the end of April.rnThe Netherlands is the first of the five countries (including Belgium, France, Italy and Norway) to receive initial deliveries of the 111 NH90s on order in NFH configuration.rnColonel Jan Verhulst, NH90 programme manager at the Dutch Defence Material Organisation (DMO), said the MoD would receive 20 NFHs, including 12 equipped for ASW/ASuW operations and eight in arnmultirole version for transport and naval operations support.