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The SAPHIR-M Dispenser for the NH-90 and the Tiger

Paris, France - Eurocopter would have signed with MBDA the related delivery contract to significantly increase its own helicopters' self-protection degree

The Eurocopter Tiger and NHI NH-90 helicopters will be endowed of the SAPHIR-M chaffs/flares dispenser produced by MBDA. It would have unveiled by Eurocopter's representatives, while the first mounting of this self-protection anti-missile system would have already occurred on some airframes. The SAPHIR-M is a chafs/flares dispenser able to effectively face the overall radar and IR threats, operating...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102856
Rome, Italy, 09/07/2004 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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