NH90 Foibles Drive Norway To Cancellation Decision

Tony Osborne June 15, 2022
Norwegian NH90 helicopter landing
Norwegian officials say the NH90’s high maintenance burden and fault accrual often left only one or two aircraft available for operations and training.
Credit: NHIndustries
After more than a decade of frustrations over availability, Norway has given up trying to operate its fleet of NH90 naval helicopters. Following years of unheeded warnings to the manufacturer—the NHIndustries joint venture of Airbus, Leonardo and Fokker—Oslo finally gave up operations with the...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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