Tiger HAP

The Tiger HAP helicopter performs day/night combat fire support and air-to-air missions employing a nose-mounted 30mm gun, 68mm rockets, Mistral or Stinger air-to-air missiles and the Strix roof-mounted sight. Following the development of the more capable Tiger HAD version in conjunction with Spain, France switched half of its initial requirement for Tiger HAP (70) to the newest version. As a result of that, the French Army will receive 10 Tiger UHTs, 35 Tiger HAPs and 35 Tiger HADs from its first Tiger helicopters order. The first production Tiger HAP helicopter was accepted by the French Army Air Corps (ALAT) at Marignane, France, on March 18, 2005. OCCAR, Rheinmetall and Thales signed a production contract, worth 236 million euros, of Tiger combat helicopter simulators. The signing ceremony was conducted in Bonn, Germany, on March 16, 2005. The contract calls for 18 simulators to be produced, nine mission simulators and nine trainers, with associated support equipment and services and an option for a further 11 simulators. Simulators will be based at joint Franco-German Tiger training center at Le Luc, France, and in operational regiments in both Germany (Fritzlar and Roth) and France (Pau and Étain). Around 60 pilots will be trained each year at Le Luc training center. Simulators deliveries are expected to begin in 2006 and will continue through 2012. The Australian Army will get four simulators, still under development, of its Tiger ARH with the first delivery anticipated in early 2006.

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