{"id":1752,"date":"2015-03-16T23:32:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T23:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme-sphere.com\/smart-mag\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2015-06-15T03:40:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T03:40:39","slug":"airbus-helicopters-in-south-koreas-light-civil-and-light-armed-helicopters-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/16\/airbus-helicopters-in-south-koreas-light-civil-and-light-armed-helicopters-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus Helicopters in South Korea\u2019s Light Civil and Light Armed Helicopters programme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The H155 Dolphin will be the base of the future South Korean Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) and Light Armed Helicopter (LAH). \u00a9Airbus Helicopters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Airbus Helicopters will join with Korea Aerospace Industries in developing two 5-ton class rotorcraft that meet South Korea\u2019s requirements for its next-generation Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) and Light Armed Helicopter (LAH).<\/p>\n

As the LCH and LAH competition winner, Airbus Helicopters will continue its highly successful relationship with Korea Aerospace Industries, including the joint program that developed Korea\u2019s Surion twin-engine utility transport helicopter. \u201cWe would like to express our deep gratitude to Korea Aerospace Industries and the South Korean government for entrusting us with this major helicopter program,\u201d said Airbus Helicopters’ CEO Guillaume Faury. \u201cWe are committing our full support in ensuring the LCH and LAH projects will be completed on time, on cost and to specification.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both the LCH and LAH will be based on Airbus Helicopters\u2019 H155 (formerly known as the EC155) \u2013 the latest evolution of its best-selling Dauphin family, which includes the Panther military and parapublic variants that have demonstrated their capabilities in operation around the world.<\/p>\n

As part of the new commitment, Airbus Helicopters will transfer the company\u2019s technical know-how \u2013 as already demonstrated in the Surion program \u2013 to ensure Korea is able to develop its newest indigenous products, which will become leading next-generation light rotorcraft in the 5 metric ton weight category. \u201cThe LCH and LAH programs will build on our collaboration with Korea Aerospace Industries on the Surion, which has become a reference in successful rotorcraft collaboration. By continuing our relationship, we will significantly reduce the risks of these two new development programs, while meeting all of the mission requirements,\u201d added Faury.<\/p>\n

The LCH version is expected to enter service in 2020 while the service introduction of the LAH is targeted for 2022. Norbert Ducrot, Airbus Helicopters\u2019 Head of North Asia, expressed confidence of the program\u2019s success, which will see parallel development of both the civilian and military versions. \u201cNot only do we have a strong partnership with Korea Aerospace Industries, we have also a proven track record of continued civil and military developments on which the two partners will capitalize for these two programs,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Airbus Helicopters\u2019 streamlined Dauphin\/Dolphin family rotorcraft \u2013 on which the LAH and LCH are based \u2013 have been delivered to more than 60 customers, with over 1,000 of these helicopters logging nearly five million flight hours in service. The H155 Dolphin features the same digital four-axis autopilot that Republic of Korea pilots have come to appreciate when flying the Surion, and ensures outstanding hover performance in extreme conditions, along with highly accurate settings for altitude, speed and heading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airbus Helicopters will join with Korea Aerospace Industries in developing two 5-ton class rotorcraft that meet South Korea\u2019s requirements for its next-generation Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) and Light Armed Helicopter (LAH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-defense"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2217,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions\/2217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}