NH Industries (NHI) has picked a CAE-Thales team as the preferred bidder to provide training systems to operators of the NH90 utility helicopter.
NHI is managing the procurement of NH90 training systems for Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Sweden.
CAE and Thales Training & Simulation plan to form a joint venture and team with subcontractors in the customer nations to manage the €400 million ($495 million) programme.
France plans two NH90 training locations, Germany three, Italy two and the Netherlands one. The Nordic operators could share one main training location.
Germany is still studying the possibility of acquiring its NH90 training systems under a private finance initiative deal.
Source: Flight International
