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The Eurocopter AS550 Fennec and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight, multipurpose military helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
s manufactured by Eurocopter Group. Based on the AS350 Ecureuil and AS355 Ecureuil 2
Eurocopter AS355

The Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine helicopter originally manufactured by A?rospatiale . The AS355 is marketed in North America as the TwinStar....
 series, they are named after the Fennec Fox. The armed versions of the AS550 and AS555 can be fitted with coaxial weapons, rockets, torpedoes and various other munitions.

Operational History
In February 2007, India selected the AS550 C3 Fennec over the Bell 407
Bell 407

The Bell 407 is a four-bladed, single engine, civil utility helicopter; a derivative of the Bell 206. The 407 uses the four-bladed, soft, in-plane, rigid rotor with composite hub that was developed for the United States Army's OH-58 Kiowa instead of the two-bladed, semi-rigid rotor of the 206L-3....
 helicopter in a deal for 197 helicopters worth 500 million USD.






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The Eurocopter AS550 Fennec and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight, multipurpose military helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
s manufactured by Eurocopter Group. Based on the AS350 Ecureuil and AS355 Ecureuil 2
Eurocopter AS355

The Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine helicopter originally manufactured by A?rospatiale . The AS355 is marketed in North America as the TwinStar....
 series, they are named after the Fennec Fox. The armed versions of the AS550 and AS555 can be fitted with coaxial weapons, rockets, torpedoes and various other munitions.

Operational History


In February 2007, India selected the AS550 C3 Fennec over the Bell 407
Bell 407

The Bell 407 is a four-bladed, single engine, civil utility helicopter; a derivative of the Bell 206. The 407 uses the four-bladed, soft, in-plane, rigid rotor with composite hub that was developed for the United States Army's OH-58 Kiowa instead of the two-bladed, semi-rigid rotor of the 206L-3....
 helicopter in a deal for 197 helicopters worth 500 million USD. This deal was suspended in June 2007 because of concerns of alleged corruption in the bidding process, and cancelled outright on 6 December 2007. The contract is now being re-competed, and the AS550 C3 is among the helicopters competing for the deal.

Variants

Single engine:
  • AS350 L1/L2 Ecureuil - Original military variants of AS350.
  • AS550 C2 Fennec - Armed version based on AS350 B2.
  • AS550 U2 Fennec - Unarmed version based on AS350 B2.
  • AS550 C3 Fennec - Armed version based on AS350 B3.


Twin engine:
  • AS355 M/M2 Ecureuil 2 - Original military variants of AS355 F.
  • AS555 AF Fennec 2 - Armed version based on AS355 N.
  • AS555 AN Fennec 2 - Armed military version, can be fitted with a 20 mm cannon.
  • AS555 AR Fennec 2 - Armed with cannon and rockets.
  • AS555 MN Fennec 2 - Unarmed naval version.
  • AS555 MR Fennec 2 - Naval version.
  • AS555 SN Fennec 2 - Armed naval version.
  • AS555 SR Fennec 2 - Armed naval version.
  • AS555 UN Fennec 2 - Training and uility version.
  • AS555 UR Fennec 2 - Utility version.
  • AS555 SP Fennec 2 - Naval version of AS355 NP.


Operators


  • Argentine Navy
    Argentine Navy

    The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force....
     : AS555 SN as embarked helicopter
  • Royal Danish Army
    Royal Danish Army

    The Royal Danish Army forms together with the Army Home Guard the land forces of the Military of Denmark.The Royal Danish Army is currently undergoing a thorough transformation of structures, equipment and training methods, abandoning its traditional role of anti-invasion defence, instead focusing on out of area operations via among other i...
     : AS550 C2 as armed scout and anti-tank helicopter
  • French Air Force
    French Air Force

    The French Air Force is the air force of the Military of France. Formed in 1909 as the Service A?ronautique, it is the world?s oldest military air service....
    : AS555 AN as training and liaison helicopters
  • French Army
    French Army

    The French Army, officially the Arm?e de Terre , is the Army component of the Military of France and its largest. As of 2007, the army employs 134,000 regular soldiers, 15,500 reservists, and 25,750 civilians....
    : AS555 UN as training helicopter
  • Royal Malaysian Navy
    Royal Malaysian Navy

    The Royal Malaysian Navy All commissioned ships of the RMN have a prefix KD, which means Royal Ship. ...
    : AS555 SN as anti-surface warfare helicopter
  • Mexican Navy
    Mexican Navy

    The Mexican Navy is a branch of the Military of Mexico responsible for conducting navy operations. Its stated mission is "to use the naval force of the federation for the exterior defense, and to help with internal order"....
    : AS555 AF as embarked helicopter


Specifications (AS550 C3)

General Characteristics
  • Crew: 1/2
  • Weight(Empty): 1,241 kg (2,736 lbs)
  • Weight(Full): 2,250 kg (4,960 lbs), or 2,800 kg (6,172 lbs) with external load
  • Length: 12.94 m (42.45 ft)
  • Height: 3.24 m (10.63 ft)
  • Rotordiameter: 10.69 m (35.07 ft)
  • Engine: 1 x Turbomeca Arriel
    Turbomeca Arriel

    The Turbomeca Arriel is a highly-successful series of French turboshaft engines that first ran in 1974 in aviation. Weighing 109 kg , the Arriel 1 has a power output of 520 kW ....
     2B or 2B1 turboshaft, 632 kW (847 shp)
Performance
  • Top Speed: 259 km/h (140 knots)
  • Operation Radius: 328 km (178 nm)
  • Flight Time: 4 hr 18 min
Armament
  • BGM-71 TOW
    BGM-71 TOW

    The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "TOW" stands for "Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-to-command-Link" guided Missile Set. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world....
  • 7 x 2.75in Forges de Zeebrugge or 12 x 68 mm Thales Brandt rockets
  • 20 mm Giat M621 cannon
    M621 cannon

    The M621 is a 20 mm automatic cannon of France design, developed by Nexter as on-board armament for armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters and small coastal vessels of the French Navy....
     20 mm cannon
  • Fabrique Nationale de Herstal
    Fabrique Nationale de Herstal

    Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgium manufacturer of firearms. The official company name is FN Herstal....
     twin 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun pods
  • Various types of torpedoes.


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