Australia Wants Tiger Successor Operational By 2026

Credit: Cpl. Kylie Gibson/Commonwealth of Australia
Exasperated by the unreliability of its 22 Airbus Tiger ARH attack helicopters, Australia said in 2016 it would replace them by the mid-2020s, barely a decade after the fleet became fully operational. Two years later that plan looked doubtful: The Tigers’ performance had improved markedly, so...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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