First two Airbus H225M helicopters have arrived for the Hungarian Defence Forces – PHOTOS

The Hungarian Armed Forces took delivery of its first two Airbus H225M multi-purpose helicopters at an army base in Szolnok, in central Hungary, on Monday.

The two troop transport helicopters were welcomed at the base with a water cannon salute. The Hungarian military has ordered a total of 16 H225M aircraft.

The helicopters were welcomed by Brigadier-General József Koller and Colonel Zsolt Simon among others.

The two helicopters were inaugurated at the Airbus Helicopters plant in Marignane earlier this month. The H225M helicopters are designed and manufactured according the needs of the Hungarian military.

The suitability test of the H225M helicopter began in 2021, with special attention given to the particularities of the aircraft’s Hungarian configuration.

The Ministry’s experts first visited the manufacturer in March 2022, where they held a technical meeting with the experts responsible for the design and production of the helicopter type, as well as its operation and maintenance system. At the end of the process, type certification test flights were carried out on the helicopter with the manufacturer’s identification number IRO 011 between 28 February and 1 March 2023.

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Source: MTI