Tiger

Upgrades and high praise, but what follows in the wake of the ARH

After protracted development and a troubled service entry, the Australian Army’s Airbus
EC 665 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) has only recently started hitting its straps and providing its promised capability –one which has been nearly two decades in the making.

Selected in December 2001 to fulfil Army’s AIR 87 requirement under a then $1.1bn acquisition contract, the first two Tigers were accepted by the Commonwealth in December 2004 with the last of 22 aircraft delivered in late 2011.