Operators of the NHIndustries NH-90

This article summarises the operators, and the delivery status of the NH90.

Operators

Summary

Operators		Assembled by	NH-90 ordered (by variant)				NH-90 delivered (by variant)				Retired	Losses	In service	Notes
Country	Force		TTH	NFH	SF	Total	TTH	NFH	SF	Total
Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Airbus Helicopters Australia	40	–	–	46	41	–	–	47	-41	–	0	1 offered to the RAAF as compensations for delays.Retired in 2023.
	Australian Army Aviation		6	–	–		6	–	–		-5	-1
Belgium	Belgian Air Component	Airbus Helicopters France	4	–	–	8	4	–	–	8	–	–	8
	Belgian Naval Component		–	4	–		–	4	–		–	–
Finland	Finnish Army Aviation	Patria and Airbus Helicopters France	20	–	–	20	20	–	–	20	–	–	20
France	Armée de terre	Airbus Helicopters France	63	–	18	108	63	–	–	90	–	-1	89
	Marine nationale		–	27	–		–	27	–		–	–
Germany	German Air Force	Airbus Helicopters Germany	82	–	–	131	82	–	–	100	–	–	100
	Marineflieger		–	49	–		–	18	–		–	–
Greece	Hellenic Army Aviation	Airbus Helicopters France	20	–	–	20	16	–	–	16	–	–	16
Italy	Italian Army	AgustaWestland Italy	70	–	–	126	60	–	–	116	–	-1	114
	Italian Navy		10	46	–		–	56	–		–	-1
Netherlands	Netherlands Air Force	AgustaWestland Italy	–	20	–	20	–	20	–	20	–	-1	19
New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	Airbus Helicopters France	9	–	–	9	9	–	–	9	-1	–	8	1 used for spare parts
Norway	Royal Norwegian Navy	AgustaWestland Italy	–	14	–	14	–	14	–	14	-14	–	0
Oman	Royal Air Force of Oman	Airbus Helicopters France	20	–	–	20	20	–	–	20	–	-2	18
Spain	Spanish Army	Airbus Helicopters France	26	–	–	45	17	–	–	23	–	–	23	Batch 1: 22 NH-90 Army: 16 Air Force: 6 Batch 2: 23 NH-90 Army: 10 Air Force: 6 Navy: 7
	Spanish Air Force		12	–	–		6	–	–		–	–
	Spanish Navy		–	7	–		–	–	–		–	–
Qatar	Qatar Emiri Air Force	Leonardo and Airbus Helicopters France	16	12	–	28	9	9	–	18	–	–	18
Sweden	Swedish Air Force	Airbus Helicopters France and Germany	18	–	–	18	18	–	–	18	–	–	18	14E operated for the Army and Air Force, 14F operated for the navy
TOTAL			416	179	18	613	371	148	0	519	-61	-7	451

Retired

Potential sales

Netherlands

In September 2024, the Netherlands announced that they would purchase additional NH-90 NFH.

New Zealand

The New Zealand Navy is planning to replace its fleet of SH-2G(I) Seasprite. The potential successors include the NH-90 NFH, the AW159 Wildcat and the MH-60R Seahawk.

Saudi Arabia (20 NH-90 NFH)

The Italian government is negotiating a government-to-government contract with Saudi Arabia for the sale of around 20 NH-90 NFH.

External links

• NHIndustries
• NH90, Leonardo company
• NH90, Airbus
• NH90, Royal New Zealand Air Force
• "NH90: Europe's Medium Helicopter Contender". Defense industry daily
• "Eurocopter rejects criticism of NH90 helicopter by 'secret report'". Defpro
• MH90-NG, German NH90 NFH variant