Yup, they certainly are the most popular helicopters of them all! ;)

Ohh yes thanks 👍

Andrew Anane Google Sora Aoi.

I'll even take a model or pay to fly it in a video game!

SECCSY HELICOPTAH lmao

Michael Otto oh yeah these helicopters are rocking in the sky :)

Nope, the decision has been delayed. Each branches of the army (Navy, infantry, Air force)have specific needs. The navy wants a navalised version (resistant to salt and corrosion), the infantry needs and armoured version (heavy) and the air-force wants autonomy . Suffice to say that adapting a civilian chopper to fit all those requirement when it wasn't planned from the begining of the project will induce some serious overcost. And this is France ... where administrative inertia has become a national sport. We won't see that chopper in the army anytime soon and I wouldn't be surprise that the french army will finally buy some from the italians , after all the AW139 is not a bad machine.

We dont know if the HIL continue or if he's change... But the H160 is not cancelled... RDV at the next urgency/LPM and Airbus keep the priority atm...

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@@henrithebault5722 complete and utter bullshit !!! 169 H160M have been ordered for French Army, Navy and Airforce. Maiden flight is scheduled for 2023 and to enter service by 2026 stated by Parly, the French defence minister. In fact this is 2 years ahead of schedule (2028 initially)! So much for your rant about French inertia. 😜 In the meantime the French Navy will rent 4 H160 from Babcock and start operating them in 2022 for SAR missions. Lastly why would the French military buy helicopters from Leonardo since France is a co-owner along with Germany of Airbus?

Propellers like drones

Yes we did. Take a look on the X3 and now the RACER concept

No... you have some private helicopter at 100M+

Why does it have to be able to kill?

It's a civilian Helicopter

Tagada it is being adapted for military use and it could be adopted by the French Army

Okay, do you see the military version on this video ? No.

Tagada yep, this video shows the civilian version, you are very smart

Can be change before the first delivery for the navy for example.

Tagada of course! Pas tous les oeufs dans le même panier

Not only, but in the last LPM, nothing about the HIL and/or H160

Tagada 2028 so next LPM

H160M will enter service in 2026 announced by French defence minister Parly in may 27, 2019. 2 years ahead of schedule, rather rare nowadays. In the meantime the French Navy will rent 4 H160 from Babcock for SAR missions in 2022.

In two decades? ... that gives plenty of time for the H160 to have a good life ... before Airbus release its replacement in 2 decades ; maybe a quadcopter or an hybrid like the X3.

Henri Thebault I like them dancing in the sky. If I was a pilot, I would get my own helicopter and dance in the air

Not going to lie to you bud but quadcopters will never replace a modern rotorcraft or fixed wing aircraft for a very long time. They lack the speed and the aerodynamics that most aircraft thrive off of and not to mention the fact that they aren’t very efficient. How ever quadcopters could replace heavy lift helicopters as they are more efficient, effective & more stable then helicopters in that regard.

The speed is just a matter of energy, they can be made faster than helicopters if it's needed. Imagine an Osprey with 4 motors and better hovering ability.

Ok first of all, I’m a fan of all helicopters, second a fan of airplanes, and third, trains. That’s it