"AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that Phil Goff, Minister of Defence of New Zealand, and Mrs Gala Gonçalvès, General Manager of NHIndustries, signed the contract to supply 9 NH90TT medium-lift helicopters to provide 8 operational helicopters to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)."
The IAC should promptly order 4-5 NH-90TT's to satisfy the deployable Battlefield Support Helicopter requirement, for delivery from 2009, after all four AW-139's have been brought into service in the domestic National Support Role, with a declared commitment to the EU of a detachment of three NH-90's by the end of 2010. NH-90 offers excellent capability and compatability with the Nordic Plus battlegoup countries - NH-90's already on order by Finland, and likely by Norway.