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Eurocopter Group - Free net encyclopedia Image:Eurocopter.png The Eurocopter Group is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of the helicopter divisions of French AГ©rospatiale and German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA). As a consequence of the merger of the Eurocopter Group's former parents, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS. Eurocopter also pioneered the use of the 'fenestron' - an enclosed tail-rotor, which is more efficient and safer than the exposed version. www.netipedia.com /index.php/Eurocopter_Group   (209 words)

Eurocopter Formed by the merger of the helicopter divisions of Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) from Germany and Aerospatiale from France in the early 90s, the group is now a subsidiary owned 100% by EADS (European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company), one of the three largest aerospace groups in the world. Eurocopter is a world’s leader helicopter manufacturer in terms of turnover. Eurocopter sold a total of 272 new helicopters in 1998, as well as 60 pre-owned models. www.helis.com /timeline/eurocopter.php   (210 words)

Air Force Technology - AS 550 Fennec Single-Engined Light Military Helicopter The Eurocopter AS 550 Fennec single engine helicopter is operational with the Singapore armed forces, the Royal Australian Army, the Brazilian Army and Air Force, the Danish Army and the French Army. The Fennec belongs to the Ecureuil/Fennec family of helicopters which includes: the single-engine military AS 550 Fennec and civil AS 350 Ecureuil; twin-engine naval AS 555 Fennec and civil AS 355 Ecureuil; and the civil EC 130 single-engine helicopter. The AS550 Fennec can be fitted for anti-tank, air to air combat, ground support and training missions and it is also used in the utility transportation role. www.airforce-technology.com /projects/as550_fennec   (783 words)

Eurocopter Canada - News 01/31/06 (2) The Fennec, the military version of the Ecureuil, offers adapted solutions to the wide variety of missions engaged by military commanders. The multi-function capabilities of the Fennec mean that it can adapt to all sorts of missions, both day and night. The Fennec range also offers twin-engine land versions in the AS 555 UN and AN, which have take-off weights of 2,600 kg. www.eurocopter.ca /asp/cmNews060131bis.asp   (662 words)

Eurocopter Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On May 14, 2005, a Eurocopter Ecureuil production helicopter flew to the summit of Mount Everest and performed a hover landing, setting a world record for highest take-off [1] [2]. Due to its 62.5%-share, Eurocopter also participates on the producion of the NH90 Utility Helicopter Project. Eurocopter also pioneered the use of the "fenestron"—an enclosed tail-rotor, which is more efficient and safer than the exposed version. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurocopter_Group   (287 words)

The RotorHead - Eurocopter AS-550 Fennec The FENNEC Antitank Helicopter (ATH) is a further development of the Aerospatiale AS 350 which flew for the first time in 1976. FENNEC is normally configured in the antitank version but can easily be reconfigured into an unarmed version. It is equipped for instrumentflying which means that the FENNEC is able to fly in all kinds of weather. www.rotorhead.org /military/as550.asp   (399 words)

Eurocopter Will Study Tiltrotor Economics Eurocopter will study the technologies needed to economically build a civil tiltrotor and compete with Bell/Agusta in what has become a successful niche market, if Bell's orders to date are an indication. Eurocopter's share of the European market is up to 70%, and its share of the American market increased from 20% top 35% between 1997 and 1998\ In Asia the market is down by 50%, but Eurocopter's share of existing sales stayed steady at 35% from 1997 to 1998. The total value for all Eurocopter aircraft ordered in 1998 was about $2.2 billion, which also included 60 preowned helicopters sold by Eurocopter and its subsidiaries as well as customer support and other miscellaneous activities. www.aviationnow.com /shownews/heliday1/topsto7.htm   (474 words)

AHS International - Corporate Member American Eurocopter, which has been headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas since the early 1970s, (known as American Eurocopter since 1992) is a leading provider of helicopters in the U.S. for commercial, police enforcement, homeland defense and other operators. Eurocopter has the largest civil and military range of helicopters in the world. Thanks to these assets, Eurocopter maintained its position in the world as number one, leading the way once again in the civil and parapublic sectors, and strengthening the export potential of the NH90. www.vtol.org /corporate/corp-des/edg.html   (489 words)

American Eurocopter - Media - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) This was one of the numerous Fennec assets during the latest successful trials operated by Indian Army in the course of its on going tender for 197 light helicopters. Bruno Boulnois, General Manager of Eurocopter in India,adds:”We are proud of such programs, which will act as a catalyst in building our Bangaloreteam at par with the highest standards of aerospace technology and quality in the world”. Eurocopter, founded in 1992, today is a French-German-Spanish group and a business division of EADS, a leading corporation in the field of aeronautics, defence and associated services. www.eurocopterusa.com /Media/News/NewsDetail.asp?ID=407   (982 words)

EC130 Eurocopter's Fennec/Ecureuil is a family of multi-role helicopters featuring design simplicity, reliability and high performance. Fennec designation applies to military helicopters and Ecureuil, which means Squirrel, applies to commercial helicopters. Eurocopter's single engine EC 130 was conceived to provide further space, seating capacity, comfort and low vibration levels to the Fennec/Ecureuil family of helicopters. www.deagel.com /pandora/ec130_opm0023003.aspx   (390 words)

The Hindu : Karnataka News : HAL inks deal with Eurocopter Incidentally, the Indian Army is evaluating the Fennec C-3 helicopter for induction. It is learnt that Eurocopter is also poised to extend greater contracts to HAL in the area of composites, considering the Indian company's strength in the area. The Eurocopter group is now a subsidiary owned by European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company, one of the three largest aerospace groups. www.hindu.com /2005/02/14/stories/2005021402980500.htm   (445 words)

Aerospace Technology - Eurocopter EC 130 The single-engine EC 130 B4 is the latest edition of Eurocopter's Ecureuil (Squirrel) helicopter family of light multi-mission helicopters. As well as the EC 130, the family includes the single-engine AS 350 Ecureuil (military version AS 550 Fennec) and twin-engine AS 355 Ecureuil (military AS 555 Fennec). The array of ten blades in the Fenestron are arranged asymmetrically and are spaced at different intervals which substantially reduces the helicopter noise. www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/eurocopter_ec130   (1061 words)

Eurocopter Cements Lead as World's No.1 Its modernized production line has propelled Eurocopter into a commanding lead as the world's No. 1 helicopter manufacturer, well ahead of Bell, the company claims in detailing an "exceptional 2000" in which it took no fewer than 531 orders and delivered 289 aircraft. In comparison, Eurocopter booked 382 orders and delivered 241 helicopters the year before. While military buys of 243 NH90s and 160 Tiger attack helicopters provide a healthy backlog for the next 10 years, Eurocopter reported it maintained its share of about half of the world's civil and parapublic markets as the upturn in civil helicopters that marked 1998 and 1999 was sustained in 2000. www.aviationnow.com /shownews/01hai1/topsto03.htm   (226 words)

HHQ - DB2000 Encyclopedia In 1979 the twin engined Ecureuil 2 was introduced and given the model number AS 355. In 1990 Aerospatiale (Eurocopter from 1992) assigned military Ecureuils the name Fennec and changed their designations from AS 35X to AS 55X. Both the twin and single engined variants are available to fill a number of roles including utility transport, anti armour, maritime patrol and anti shipping strike. www.harpoonhq.com /encyclopedia/HTML_Files/aircraft_files/eurocopter_ecureuil.htm   (152 words)

Aviation International News | Eurocopter expects revenue increase to continue this year Eurocopter last year secured orders for 401 new civil/parapublic and military helicopters, up from 322 in 2004. Eurocopter deliveries last year included 153 Ecureuil/Fennec/EC 130s, 76 EC 135s, 30 EC 120 Colibris, 20 Dauphin/Panther/EC 155s and 17 EC 145s. Eurocopter president Fabrice Brégier expects revenue to increase by “at least 10 percent” this year. www.ainonline.com /Issues/03_06/0306_eurocopter_68.htm   (562 words)

armada international - the air, sea and land communities' publication To fill the gap between the Panther and the much heavier Cougar (and compete with the AB139) Eurocopter is reportedly talking with China's AVIC II consortium about a new design in the 6.5 to 10-tonne class. Under the Eurocopter designation system this is referred to as the EC.175, the ’1‘ indicating civil, the ’7‘ a gross weight in the seven tonnes region and ’5‘ meaning twin-engined. Eurocopter's nine-tonne AS.532AL Cougar Mk 1 (formerly Super Puma) was followed by the 9.75-tonne AS.532A2 Cougar Mk 2, which can accommodate 25 commandos and has armament provisions. www.armada.ch /05-3/article-full.cfm   (3752 words)

Air Force Technology - AS 555 Fennec Twin-Engined Light Naval Helicopter The Eurocopter AS 555 Fennec twin-engined helicopter belongs to the Ecureuil/Fennec family of helicopters which also includes the twin-engined civil AS 355 Ecureuil, the single-engine military AS 550 Fennec, civil AS 350 Ecureuil and the civil EC 130 helicopter. The AS 555 SN is the naval combat variant and the AS 555 MN is the unarmed naval version. The Eurocopter AS 555 SN Fennec twin-engined naval helicopter. www.airforce-technology.com /projects/as555_fennec   (874 words)

HAL to become Eurocopter’s excellence centre-Airlines / Aviation-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) BANGALORE: Eurocopter, the helicopter manufacturer of aerospace and defence major European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS), is set to make HAL its aero structure excellence centre for a world-wide supply chain of airframe manufacturing. Eurocopter is looking at sourcing close to 100 fully equipped airframe from HAL for its export market, once the production of airframe reaches delivery stage. This co-operation between HAL and Eurocopter is expected to create close to 150 jobs in Bangalore. economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/726364.cms   (385 words)

Vertiflite Breaking News Eurocopter has decided to build a new manufacturing plant in Albacete, Spain under the industrial plan agreed to as part of the Spanish Tiger helicopter procurement. Eurocopter has inaugurated its AGP - a new facility dedicated to producing large composite helicopter blades - at the plant in La Courneuve, France. The Eurocopter plant at La Courneuve principally specializes in the design, manufacture, and repair of helicopter blades, and also provides the associated support services: composite blades for the EC120, Ecureuil, Dauphin, Super Puma, and NH90 helicopters. www.vtol.org /news/issues505.html   (2330 words)

Australian Information from Wikipedia In the supporting role, troops are equipped with MG3 light machine guns and Diemaco LSW as well as EXPAL Mortars and Carl Gustav M3 recoilless rifles and single-shot AT4 for anti-tank operations. Additionally, the lightly armoured Eurocopter Fennec anti-tank helicopter equipped with TOW missiles is used for rapid battlefield support. A variant of the Cayuse was used as a light observation helicopter but was taken out of commission in October 2005 and its tasks were taken over by the Fennec. www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Royal_Danish_Army   (523 words)

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Bell, Eurocopter to slug it out for Army's aviation deal Eurocopter also worked with HAL during the 1990s on the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) project, providing technical assistance in assembly dynamics. As part of its tender for 197 light helicopters, the Indian Army had witnessed a high altitude, hot temperature trial by Eurocopter's Fennec 550 C3 helicopter. Eurocopter, the official maintained, was ready to offer 100 per cent transfer of technology on Fennec, including its engine, to the Indian industry. www.hindu.com /2006/12/04/stories/2006120409750500.htm   (524 words)

AS 550 Fennec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) The AS 550 C3 is the combat version of the single-engine Fennec. It is fitted with sliding doors, a raised landing gear, an instrument panel adapted to tactical flight and provisions for night flight with night vision goggles. The AS 555 UN and AS 555 AN are the land versions of the twin-engine Fennec. www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/fennec.htm   (169 words)

armada international - the air, sea and land communities' publication The twin-engined version of the Eurocopter Fennec, exemplified by this AS 555SN, represents the lightweight end of the maritime helicopter spectrum. Although the eleven-tonne Eurocopter EC 725 is not intended to be based on ships in the long term, the French Air Force requires it to be qualified as ‘fit for deck landings’ by the French Armament Authority (DGA) in order to fulfil its Csar role and fight maritime terrorism. The NH90 is produced in two principal versions: the NFH, designed for operation from Nato frigates in conditions up to sea state five, and the TTH tactical transport helicopter for land-based use. www.armada.ch /06-2/article-full.cfm   (2995 words)

Defenceindia.com : 10-feb-2k3 : Technology News : Eurocopter International G I E AS 550 C2 FENNEC: The AS 550 C2 is the anti-tank or air-to-air version of the single-engine FENNEC. In addition to the TOW ATGM, the Fennecs are known to be able to carry CRV-7 un-guided rockets and gun pods. Continuing with the training role with 10 unarmed AS 550A-2 Fennecs, 124 Sqn, like all of the RSAF's helicopters, operates from Sembawang AB in the north of Singapore. www.defenceindia.com /10-feb-2k3/technology1.html   (528 words)

SAF retires Fennec helicopter fleet - sgForums.com :: Singapore's Online Discussion Network The Eurocopter Fennec helicopters, named after a small fox-like creature found in Africa, were introduced in 1991. During operations, this Fennec can be armed with a 20mm gun and 70mm rockets, and flown as an aerial scout. The Fennecs' retirement follows the withdrawal of 20 Bell UH-1H Hueys, which were refurbished by Singapore Technologies Aerospace and sold to the Philippine Air Force for US$12 million (S$20.2 million). www.sgforums.com /?action=thread_display&thread_id=75615   (1433 words)

Aviation India: Eurocopter plans subsidiary in India The company said it was not only participating in a tender for light helicopters called ORH with its AS 550 C Fennec, but "is currently discussing for a long term industrial cooperation with Indian Aerospace industry." Eurocopter also said it was about to further expand and set up a subsidiary in India. Pawan Hans has a fleet of 23 Dauphin helicopters and has recently created a record by flying 30,000 hours with the Eurocopter Dauphin helicopters. avindia.blogspot.com /2006/06/eurocopter-plans-subsidiary-in-india.html   (148 words)

Eurocopter Canada - News 03/30/06 (2) High performance, multi functions and complementarities, for a wide range of land missions are just the reasons why the Eurocopter’s Fennec AS 550 C3 is an outstanding military light helicopter and especially in extreme high and hot environment, such as the Andes Cordillera. The Fennec, the military version of the Ecureuil, offers a take-off weight of 2,400 kg (2,800 with external load) and adapted solutions to the wide variety of missions engaged by military commanders. The Fennec currently represents the best transport / radius of action tradeoff of any helicopter in its class. www.eurocopter.ca /asp/cmNews060330-2.asp   (545 words)

EUROCOPTER AS550C2 FENNEC AS550 Fennec (Ørkenræv) er fremstillet i Frankrig, hos Eurokopter som er en af Europas førende helikopterfabrikanter. Fennec er baseret på den civile Ecureuil (Egern) som fremstillet med henblik på og i møde komme markeds krav med hensyn til omkostninger og vedligeholdelse. I panserværns rollen indsættes Fennec i deling størrelse af 6 AS550C2 samt 1 H-500 Cayuse spejder helikopter, hvorfra dellingsføren koordiner helikopternes anvendelse. hjem.get2net.dk /rose_og_alif/airforce/helo/as550c2_fennec.htm   (243 words)

Eurocopter Ecureuil The civilian version of the AS 350 is known as the Ecureuil and is a single engine helicopter w/ the Arriel 1D1 engine. The current version is known as the AS 350B2, another version the AS350B3 is the "high performance version" of the B2 and utilizies a Turbomeca Arriel 2B engine. The military version of the AS 350 is the AS 550 and is known as the Fennec. www.jeffsheliphiles.com /helidata/Ecureuil.shtml   (176 words)

[No title] Now the RSAF has retired its 20 AS.550 Eurocopter Fennec helicopters, 10 of which are cannon and rocket armed A2 scout/trainers, and 10 of which are Heli-TOW C2 armed versions. The Fennecs are 'only' 13 years old, relatively young for second-hand military aircraft, and have already attracted interest from New Zealand, which is seeking to purchase some Fennecs of both types to replace its five 35 year old Bell 47 Sioux helicopters, the 'Medevac' helicopters of Korean War and M.A.S.H. fame. The RSAF purchased the TOW armed Fennecs in 1993 as a means of acquiring a relatively cheap anti-tank helicopter capability for its pilots to gain experience in anti-tank operations. www.strategypage.com /htmw/htproc/articles/20040417.aspx   (320 words)

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