H160B Helicopter French Navy Marine Nationale

French Navy
Airbus H160B

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Units (6):

Serials / markings:
F-HMRE / F-HTMS / F-HBQN / F-HDBE / F-HFYT / F-HTHC

Flottille 32F
(reactivated on June 29, 2023)

Base d'aéronautique navale (BAN) Lanvéoc-Poulmic (Britanny)

Airbus H160B
3 + 3 on order

The Airbus Helicopters H160 is a medium utility helicopter. Formally launched at Heli-Expo in Orlando, Florida on 3 March 2015, it is intended to replace the AS365 Dauphin and EC155/H155 models in the firm's lineup.

Variants:

Civilian:
H160: Prototype civil-orientated model. 3 built.
H160B: Civil production variant, certified in July 2020.

Military:
H160M: Base military-orientated model.
H160M Guépard: (HIL - hélicoptère interarmées léger - Joint Light Helicopter) Version developed for the French Armed Forces.

Specifications (H160):
Crew: 1-2
Capacity: 12
Length: 13.96 m (45 ft 10 in)
Width: 3.54 m (11 ft 7 in)
Height: 4.91 m (16 ft 1 in)
Empty weight: 4,050 kg (8,929 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 6,050 kg (13,338 lb)
Useful load: up to 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
Fuel capacity: 1,120 kg (2,469 lb)
Powerplant: 2 x Safran Arrano 1A turboshaft engines, 955 kW (1,280 shp) each
Main rotor diameter: 13.40 m (43.96 ft)
Main rotor area: 141 m2 (1,520 sq ft)
Cruise speed: 255 km/h (158 mph, 138 kn)
Range: 880 km (550 mi, 475 nmi)
Endurance: 4 h 30 min with standard fuel tanks
Service ceiling: 6,096 m (20,000 ft) , 9,300 ft (2,835 m) hover ceiling IGE
Disk loading: 42.9 kg/m2 (8.8 lb/sq ft)

Armament:
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NOTE: the H160B is the interim solution for the French Marine Nationale until the delivery of the H160M helicopters from 2029 onwards.

sources: wikipedia + Marine Nationale

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