Operators of the NHIndustries NH-90

This article summarises the operators, and the delivery status of the NH90.

Operators

Summary

Operators		Assembled by	NH-90 ordered (by variant)				NH-90 delivered (by variant)				Retired	Losses	In service	Notes
Country	Force		TTH	NFH	SF	Total	TTH	NFH	SF	Total
Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Airbus Helicopters Australia	40	–	–	46	41	–	–	47	-41	–	0	1 offered to the RAAF as compensations for delays.Retired in 2023.
	Australian Army Aviation		6	–	–		6	–	–		-5	-1 [1]
Belgium	Belgian Air Component	Airbus Helicopters France	4	–	–	8	4	–	–	8	–	–	8 [2]
	Belgian Naval Component		–	4	–		–	4	–		–	–
Finland	Finnish Army Aviation	Patria and Airbus Helicopters France	20	–	–	20	20	–	–	20	–	–	20 [2]
France	Armée de terre	Airbus Helicopters France	63	–	18	108	63	–	–	90	–	-1 [3]	89 [2]
	Marine nationale		–	27	–		–	27	–		–	–
Germany	German Air Force	Airbus Helicopters Germany	82	–	–	131	82	–	–	100	–	–	100	[4]
	Marineflieger		–	49	–		–	18	–		–	–		[5] [6]
Greece	Hellenic Army Aviation	Airbus Helicopters France	20	–	–	20	16	–	–	16	–	–	16 [2]
Italy	Italian Army	AgustaWestland Italy	70	–	–	126	60	–	–	116	–	-1 [7]	114 [2]
	Italian Navy		10	46	–		–	56	–		–	-1 [8]		[9]
Netherlands	Netherlands Air Force	AgustaWestland Italy	–	20	–	20	–	20	–	20	–	-1 [10]	19 [2]
New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	Airbus Helicopters France	9	–	–	9	9	–	–	9	-1 [2]	–	8 [2]	1 used for spare parts
Norway	Royal Norwegian Navy	AgustaWestland Italy	–	14	–	14	–	14	–	14	-14 [11]	–	0 [2]
Oman	Royal Air Force of Oman	Airbus Helicopters France	20	–	–	20	20	–	–	20	–	-2 [12] [13]	18 [2]
Spain	Spanish Army	Airbus Helicopters France	26	–	–	45	17	–	–	23 [14]	–	–	23	Batch 1: 22 NH-90 [15] Army: 16 Air Force: 6 Batch 2: 23 NH-90 [14] Army: 10 Air Force: 6 Navy: 7
	Spanish Air Force		12	–	–		6	–	–		–	–
	Spanish Navy		–	7	–		–	–	–		–	–
Qatar	Qatar Emiri Air Force	Leonardo and Airbus Helicopters France	16	12	–	28	9	9	–	18	–	–	18	[16]
Sweden	Swedish Air Force	Airbus Helicopters France and Germany	18	–	–	18	18	–	–	18	–	–	18 [2]	14E operated for the Army and Air Force, 14F operated for the navy [17]
TOTAL			416	179	18	613	371	148	0	519	-61	-7	451

Retired

Potential sales

  Netherlands

In September 2024, the Netherlands announced that they would purchase additional NH-90 NFH. ^[18]

  Saudi Arabia (20 NH-90 NFH)

The Italian government is negotiating a government-to-government contract with Saudi Arabia for the sale of around 20 NH-90 NFH. ^[19]

References

1. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries NH90 MRH Taipan A40-040, Friday 28 July 2023". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=106507
3. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries NH90 TTH Caïman 1332, Wednesday 17 October 2018". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
4. Hill, John (2024-04-29). "Germany approves software development of NH90". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
5. "German Navy received the final NH90 Sea Lion helicopter". 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
6. Bisht, Inder Singh (2024-11-11). "Airbus Completes NH90 Sea Tiger Helicopter Flight Trials for German Navy". The Defense Post. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
7. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries NH90 TTH MM81519, Sunday 1 June 2008". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
8. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries SH-90A MM81..., Wednesday 12 July 2023". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
9. Cenciotti, Stefano D'Urso, David (2023-10-06). "Italian Navy Receives Final NH90 Helicopter". The Aviationist. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
10. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries NH90 NFH N-324, Sunday 19 July 2020". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
11. Mackenzie, Christina (2022-06-10). "Norway terminates NH90 helicopter program, with few good options for replacement". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
12. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries NH90 TTH 629, Thursday 19 July 2012". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
13. Ranter, Harro. "Accident NHIndustries NH90 TTH 635, Monday 25 December 2017". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
14. "Airbus delivers first Standard 3 configured NH90 to Spain | Airbus". www.airbus.com. 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
15. Srivari (2016-09-15). "Spanish Army takes delivery of two NH90 helicopters from Airbus". Army Technology. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
16. "Leonardo Completes Delivery of 18 NH90 Helicopters Ordered by Qatar Air Force". www.defensemirror.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
17. "Militaria - Hans Högman". www.hhogman.se. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
18. Satam, Parth (2024-09-08). "Netherlands Announces More F-35 Fighters, NH90 Helicopters in New $2.7B Defense Plan". The Aviationist. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
19. "Hélicoptère NH90 : l'Italie a pris le lead face à la France en Arabie saoudite". www.latribune.fr (in French). 2024-12-13. Retrieved 2025-02-08.

External links

• NHIndustries
• NH90, Leonardo company
• NH90, Airbus
• NH90, Royal New Zealand Air Force
• "NH90: Europe's Medium Helicopter Contender". Defense industry daily
• "Eurocopter rejects criticism of NH90 helicopter by 'secret report'". Defpro
• MH90-NG, German NH90 NFH variant