Operators of the NHIndustries NH-90

This article summarises the operators, and the delivery status of the NH90.

Operators		Assembled by	NH-90 ordered (by variant)				NH-90 delivered (by variant)				Sold [–] / Bought [+]	Retired	Losses	In service	Notes
Country	Force		TTH	NFH	SF	Total	TTH	NFH	SF	Total
Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Airbus Helicopters Australia	40	—	—	46	41	—	—	47	—	- 41	—	0	1 offered to the RAAF as compensations for delays.Retired in 2023.
	Australian Army Aviation		6	—	—		6	—	—		—	- 5	- 1 [1]
Belgium	Belgian Air Component	Airbus Helicopters France	4	—	—	8	4	—	—	8	—	—	—	8 [2]
	Belgian Naval Component		—	4	—		—	4	—		—	—	—
Finland	Finnish Army Aviation	Patria and Airbus Helicopters France	20	—	—	20	20	—	—	20	—	—	—	20 [2]
France	Armée de terre	Airbus Helicopters France	63	—	18	108	63	—	—	90	—	—	- 1 [3]	89 [2]
	Marine nationale		—	27	—		—	27	—		—	—	—
Germany	German Air Force	Airbus Helicopters Germany	82	—	—	131	82	—	—	100	—	—	—	100	[4]
	Marineflieger		—	49	—		—	18	—		—	—	—		[5][6]
Greece	Hellenic Army Aviation	Airbus Helicopters France	20	—	—	20	16	—	—	16	—	—	—	16 [2]
Italy	Italian Army	AgustaWestland Italy	70	—	—	126	60	—	—	116	—	—	- 1 [7]	114 [2]
	Italian Navy		10	46	—		—	56	—		—	—	- 1 [8]		[9]
Netherlands	Netherlands Air Force	AgustaWestland Italy	—	20	—	20	—	20	—	20	—	—	- 1 [10]	19 [2]
New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	Airbus Helicopters France	9	—	—	9	9	—	—	9	—	- 1 [2]	—	8 [2]	1 used for spare parts
Norway	Royal Norwegian Navy	AgustaWestland Italy	—	14	—	14	—	14	—	14	—	- 14 [11]	—	0 [2]
Oman	Royal Air Force of Oman	Airbus Helicopters France	20	—	—	20	20	—	—	20	—	—	- 2 [12][13]	18 [2]
Spain	Spanish Army	Airbus Helicopters France	26	—	—	45	17	—	—	25 [14][15]	—	—	—	25	Batch 1: 22 NH-90[16] Army: 16 Air Force: 6 Batch 2: 23 NH-90[15] Army: 10 Air Force: 6 Navy: 7
	Spanish Air Force		12	—	—		6	—	—		—	—	—
	Spanish Navy		—	7	—		2	—	—		—	—	—
Qatar	Qatar Emiri Air Force	Leonardo and Airbus Helicopters France	16	12	—	28	9	9	—	18	—	—	—	18	[17]
Sweden	Swedish Air Force	Airbus Helicopters France and Germany	18	—	—	18	18	—	—	18	—	—	—	18 [2]	14E operated for the Army and Air Force, 14F operated for the navy[18]
TOTAL			416	179	18	613	371	148	0	521	0	- 61	- 7	453

Netherlands

In September 2024, the Netherlands announced that they would purchase additional NH-90 NFH.^[19]

New Zealand

The New Zealand Navy is planning to replace its fleet of SH-2G(I) Seasprite.^[20] The potential successors include the NH-90 NFH, the AW159 Wildcat and the MH-60R Seahawk.^[21]

Saudi Arabia (20 NH-90 NFH)

The Italian government is negotiating a government-to-government contract with Saudi Arabia for the sale of around 20 NH-90 NFH.^[22]

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