Greece signs €50M NHIndustries support contract to boost NH90 fleet availability

Greece has signed its first national NH90 follow‑on support contract with NHIndustries, a €50 million deal to establish a domestic sustainment and support ecosystem for helicopters delivered since 2011. The programme is intended to lift in‑service availability across the Hellenic NH90 fleet.

Discovered 2025-12-12T00:14:37.563186-08:00 | 2025-12-12T00:14:37.563186-08:00

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The €50 million follow‑on contract creates a national sustainment ecosystem for Greece’s NH90 fleet—airframes delivered since 2011—and is intended to materially increase aircraft availability for operational missions.
The deal comes amid wider efforts to resolve NHIndustries sustainment and delivery challenges, following Norway’s near‑settlement of a $3.3bn NH90 claim (https://hype.aero/?story=e22a46fa-8a00-4b90-b6fe-3b685ca63805) and recent indications of measurable improvements in NHI in‑service support (https://hype.aero/?story=e289aa16-3fed-42dd-a4e7-32fc87d487d8).
It aligns with a broader trend of governments securing multi‑year rotorcraft sustainment packages and local repair capability—such as the roughly $964m five‑year MH‑60R sustainment pact (https://hype.aero/?story=136f338a-57a4-437e-9eff-98a505390107)—underscoring the strategic importance of long‑term support contracts for fleet readiness.

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