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    Rotors Days Numbered for Troubled Tiger

    Oct 18, 2019 4 minutes

    Following the release of a Defence White Paper in 2016, which foreshadowed the early retirement of the Australian Defence Force’s Eurocopter EC665 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) fleet, the Australian Army is planning to replace the helicopters from the mid-2020s, and to this end recently released an industry Request For Information (RFI).

    The early retirement of the Tiger follows persistent issues with serviceability rates and technical issues, which include problems connecting its groundbreaking Eurogrid battlefield management system datalink to other ADF assets and networks, which, it is reported, has limited its operational capability. It is also understood that there is an element within defence or government circles

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