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Airbus Chosen For Partnership Development Of South Korea’s Light Civil and Armed Helicopters

Monday, March 16th, 2015

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Airbus Chosen For Partnership Development Of South Korea’s Light Civil and Armed Helicopters

Artist's illustration of the AIrbus Light Armed Helicopter, to be produced for South Korea. Image: Airbus Helicopters.

Airbus Helicopters was selected to join with Korea Aerospace Industries in developing two 5-ton class rotorcraft that will meet South Korea’s requirements for its next-generation Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) and Light Armed Helicopter (LAH), Airbus said on Monday.The LCH and LAH are to be based on the Airbus Helicopters’ H155 (formerly the EC155), the latest aircraft in the Dauphin family. The Dauphin family includes the Panther military and parapublic variants.The Airbus commitment will include the company transferring its technical know-how…

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