| Prime Contractor: Australian Aerospace
Project AIR87 will acquire an Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) capability for the Army. The ARH system will consist of 22 Eurocopter Tiger helicopters including a fully instrumented ARH, a training system consisting of a Full Flight and Mission Simulator (FFMS); two Cockpit Procedures Trainers (CPT); and ground crew training devices, other supporting components including the ARH Software Support Capability (ASSC), a Ground Mission Management System to support operational communications, Electronic Warfare Mission Support System, a Maintenance Management System, facilities and ammunition.
As at 07 August 2008, the Commonwealth had accepted 11 Tiger ARH including the instrumented ARH at RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia. ARH Training is established at Oakey, Queensland, with 6 ARH and the FFMS supporting aircrew transition training and ground crew training utilising ground crew training devices.
In service support is provided by Australian Aerospace and managed through the ARH Management Unit established at Brisbane Airport. This facility houses the logistics and engineering support organisation for the ARH system as well as the ASSC.
The Tiger fleet has now flown in excess of 2900 hours and has commenced initial transition into operational service with the deployment of 3 ARH to the 1st Aviation Regiment at Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The second CPT will be delivered to the Regiment in early 2009 to support operational training and mission preparation.
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