Future Collaboration Opportunities for Light and Medium Multirole Helicopters in Europe

Résumé du livre

Multirole helicopters are versatile air transport platforms that may perform a variety of functions. This versatility makes them an important military asset not only in out-of-area missions as well as for domestic operations. However, low readiness levels have been observed in Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), NATO and UN operations as well as for national commitments. This study was carried out to identify potential multinational collaboration opportunities amongst the EDA (European Defence Agency) participating member states (pMS) and countries with administrative arrangements (AA countries countries) with the EDA in the area of light and medium multirole helicopters. The aim of the study was to identify potential collaboration opportunities throughout the equipment life-cycle based on an analysis of the current capability landscape and analyse the possible related costs, benefits and challenges for each of the opportunity. The study supports the EDA's mission to promote multinational collaboration among European countries while developing defence capabilities.