Aircraft
First Airbus Helicopters H160 Coming Together
Pre-assembled rear fuselage "plug and play" ready
Airbus is assembling 10 pre-serial H160s as it develops the process. It can ramp up to 50 helicopters per year after the H160 is certified in 2019. (Photo: Airbus/Eric Raz)
Airbus is assembling 10 pre-serial H160s as it develops the process. It can ramp up to 50 helicopters per year after the H160 is certified in 2019. (Photo: Airbus/Eric Raz)

Airbus Helicopters has fitted the first pre-serial H160 helicopter with its rear fuselage at its factory in Marignane, France. Pre-assembled in Albacante, Spain, leveraging the company’s site-specialization strategy, the component joined the main fuselage, which arrived from the company’s facilities in Donauworth, Germany, earlier this year.