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This morning, the Sea Tiger helicopter will be handed over to the German Navy by Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius (SPD) in Berlin. It will be stationed at the naval aviation base in Nordholz.
The NH-90 MRFH Sea Tiger on-board helicopter is the Navy's most modern helicopter. It is specially designed for use on frigates and is intended to help combat submarines, among other things. To this end, it has a diving sonar and a sonar buoy system to locate submarines. It is also designed to monitor the sea space above water with the help of electro-optical sensors and a camera system. The Sea Tiger is armed with torpedoes and anti-ship missiles.
NH-90 Sea Tiger: A "milestone for submarine hunting"
A total of 30 helicopters of this type are to be stationed at Naval Air Wing 5 in Nordholz, Lower Saxony. The first one will be handed over to the Navy in Berlin on Tuesday morning. In the afternoon, it is then expected to arrive at its stationing location with the naval aviators in Nordholz. For the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, the Sea Tiger represents a technological milestone for submarine hunting and naval warfare from the air.
