Hungarian Army to get four new helicopters this year

Four new H145M helicopters will join the Hungarian Army's fleet this year and the training of pilots and technical staff is already under way in the company's German plant, Airbus Helicopters programme manager Martin Keller said on Tuesday. Next year, an additional 12 and in 2021 another six H145M helicopters will be added to the fleet, Keller said at a press presentation at the plant in Donauworth. Head of the Hungarian air force's development directorate Laszlo Nagy said the production of 14 helicopters had already started, six were in the final stages of production and two had already made their first flights.