NH Industries recently selected seven firms to bid for the NH90
helicopter training suite contract.
The contract will cover the development, production, maintenance,
operation and updating of flight simulators, mission simulators,
cockpit procedure trainers and virtual maintenance trainers.
The seven companies selected are CAE Elektronik (Germany), STN-Atlas
(Germany), Thales Training & Simulation (France), Sogitec (France),
Helisim (France), Rotorsim (Italy) and NIID (The Netherlands).
The NH90 program is a partnership of four nations (France, Italy,
Germany, and the Netherlands) to develop a naval/tactical helicopter.
The partners signed a memorandum of understanding in December 1990
for the helicopter development work. In February 1992, the four
countries formed the international program office NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter
Management Agency).
NH Industries is a consortium that includes Agusta of Italy (28.2
percent), Eurocopter of France (41.6 percent), Eurocopter Deutschland
(23.7 percent) and Fokker of The Netherlands (6.5 percent).
NAHEMA and NHIndustries are both located in Aix-en-Provence, France.