France's DGA defence procurement agency has approved military type certification for the French army's HAP escort and fire support variant of the Eurocopter Tiger combat helicopter. The multinational OCCAR armaments agency has also qualified the aircraft.
Covering the airframe plus its weapon systems and avionics, the certification and qualification process will be extended to cover the German army's Tiger UHT anti-tank and multirole aircraft within the next three months, Eurocopter says. Complementary certification and qualification for the Tiger's integrated electronic counter-measures suite is set for the second half of this year.
France has ordered 70 HAP and 10 HAC anti-tank Tigers, with Germany awaiting delivery of 80 in the UHT configuration.
Source: Flight International
