Helikopter - Skandalehelikopteret NH90 har så mange særegne norske spesifikasjoner at det måtte bli problemer - Militærteknikk

Som en uten videre forstår utav det som fremkommer under, så har organisasjonen bak spesifikasjonene og ikke minst oppfølging underveis, sviktet totalt. Det hele virker ekstremt amatørmessig og er et voldsomt sløseri med skattebetalernes penger. Forsvaret er en stat i staten som virker uangripelige, samtidig som de har et lett spill med tafatte politikere. Les, og bli forskrekket. (Red.)

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NH90 - Andøya 2012 - Foto: Per Gram

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Norwegian special requirements Among the main causes for the delays in the NH 90 deliveries, are the special demands made by the various operators. Norway too has had her particular demands, which have taken a lot of time to develop and get certifications for. One reason is that the Norwegian Defence has lacked the capacity to perform certifications on its own helicopters, and the certification job was therefore assigned to NAHEMO (NATO Helicopter Management Organization) made up from the military authorities of France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. This placed the certification of the Norwegian helicopters in a queue, pending the certification of the first maritime helicopters delivered to France, Italy, and the Netherlands

Norway has chosen for the N90 to have flotation capability in the case of a landing on water, and a further Norwegian requirement has been for the life rafts to be located in containers on the outside of the helicopter. The container for the emergency rafts should have the same crashworthiness as that of the helicopter itself – a criterion that has proved something of a challenge to develop as well as to certify. The reasoning behind the Norwegian requirement for external rafts can be traced back to the accident outside Grimstad in 1991, when a Sea King helicopter was forced to land on the sea during a trial flight. The crew managed to get out and on to the roof of the wrecked helicopter, but they were unable to get hold of the life rafts that were inside the water-filled helicopter cabin. Fortunately, this accident took place in calm waters, and everyone was saved, but if it had happened on the open sea in rough weather, he consequences would likely have been disastrous. This incident was then the background for the Norwegian request that the NH90 helicopters should have external containers for life rafts. In a later development, the Swedish NH90 helicopters have also had their life raft containers located on the outside of the aircraft.

A further Norwegian special request was the installation of an electronic warfare system (EWS) from the American manufacturer ITT. This company was about to deliver its EWS system for a series of US helicopters, and by choosing this system, Norway had hoped to gain advantages in using the same system on the Norwegian helicopters as that which was in use on a great number of American helicopters. American authorities, however, decided to drop the ITT system from their helicopters, leaving Norway with an EWS system on their 14 helicopters of a specification only operated by Norway, with the attendant disadvantages for operations, upgrades and maintenance costs that should instead have been advantages.