Australia’s Taipans Permanently Grounded, Investigations Ongoing

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SINGAPORE—The Australian Defense Department has decided that its NH90 helicopters, known locally as the MRH-90 Taipan, will not fly again. The Taipans were previously slated to be withdrawn in December 2024. The department said its priority now is to bring the new fleet of UH‑60M Black Hawks into...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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