NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter)
The land version — fly-by-wire, composite airframe, a rear ramp and room for 20 troops · First flight 1995 · In service 2007
The NH90 was developed by NHIndustries for France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands under a 1992 NAHEMA contract. The first prototype, PT1, flew on 18 December 1995, and in December 2002 PT3 became the first helicopter to fly with purely fly-by-wire controls after its mechanical back-up was removed — the NH90 was the first production helicopter with full fly-by-wire. A production order for 366 helicopters followed in June 2000.
The Tactical Transport Helicopter is the land version: a composite airframe with a rear ramp, up to 20 seated troops or 12 stretchers, and two door guns. The German Army received the first production TTH in late 2006 and the Italian Army its first on 30 December 2007. It shares about 75% of its parts with the naval NFH.
Army operators include Germany, Italy (60), France (the Caïman), Spain, Finland (20, the last delivered in June 2015), Greece, Oman, Qatar, Belgium and New Zealand (8, replacing the UH-1 Iroquois). Belgium began phasing out its four TTHs in July 2025.
