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Airbus Eurocopter Tiger / HAP / HAD
Airbus · Attack Helicopter · France · Modern (1992–2009)
The Eurocopter EC665 Tiger is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter which first entered service in 2003. It is manufactured by Airbus Helicopters, which arose from the merger of Aérospatiale's and DASA's respective helicopter divisions. Airbus Helicopters designates it as the EC665. In France and Spain, the helicopter is known as the Tigre, while in Germany and Australia it is referred to as the Tiger. An earlier name for the French HAP close air support (CAS) version was Gerfaut ("Gyrfalcon"), which was dropped in 1993.
Specifications
- Category
- Rotorcraft
- Sub-Category
- Attack
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Modern (1992–2009)
- Country
- France
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Co-Manufacturer
- Eurocopter
- Operator
- France/Germany/Australia/Spain
- Primary Role
- Attack Helicopter
- Status
- In Service
- Service Entry
- 2003
- Produced
- 206
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- $40.0M
- Propulsion
- Turboprop
- Engine
- 2x Turbomeca/Rolls-Royce MTR390 turboshafts
- Thrust / Power
- 2,600 shp total
- Launch
- VTOL
- Length (ft)
- 50.2
- Wingspan (ft)
- 42.7
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 9039
- MTOW (lb)
- 13228
- Payload (lb)
- 2976
- Endurance (hr)
- 3
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 13120
- Range (mi)
- 466
- Max Speed (mph)
- 178
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 0.28
- Armament
- 30mm GIAT 30 cannon; HOT3/Hellfire/Trigat; Mistral; attack