Airbus Helicopters Military Range - Tiger

Airbus Helicopters Military Range - Tiger
The Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter Group) is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company. It is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries. Its head office is located on the property of Marseille-Provence International Airport in Marignane, France, near Marseille. Airbus Helicopters's main facilities are at its headquarters in Marignane in France, at Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH in Donauwörth, Germany and at Eurocopter España in Albacete, Spain. The company was renamed Airbus Helicopters on 2 January 2014.

Characteristics

TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Maxi Take-Off Weight (MTOW) - ISA, SL	6,600 kg	14,553 lb
Engine 2 x MTR 390 - Step 1-5	1,092 kW	1,464 shp
Super contingency power (OEI)	1,322 kW	1,774 shp
Standard fuel capacity	1,105 kg	2,435 lb
Standard fuel capacity + external fuel tanks	1,689 kg	3,723 lb

PERFORMANCES
Fast cruise speed at MTOW SL	271 km/h	146 kts
Mission duration (standard)	2 h 30 min
Maximum endurance with external fuel tank	5 h 00 min
Max range “armed” with standard fuel tanks	400 nm	740 km
Max range “not armed” with external fuel tanks	610 nm	1,130 km

FLIGHT ENVELOPE
Operating temperature	- 30°C to ISA + 35°C
Service ceiling	-500 m to 4000 m	-1,640 ft to 13,123 ft

• Main assets

  
  
  Low Detectability
  • Flat and narrow silhouette,
  • Low radar IR signature,
  • Passive weapon system, capable to operate with nil laser / EM (except when firing).
  Low Vulnerability
  • Systems redundancies and segregation,
  • Agility (Rigid rotor),
  • Self-sealing tanks.
  High Survivability
  • Additional Ballistic Protection,
  • Chaff & Flares dispenser,
  • High crashworthiness.
  Passive Electronic Warfare System
  High Maneuverability and Agility
  • Highly responsive Bearing Main Rotor Head.
  Optimal Visibility
  
  • Tandem cockpit, pilot in front and gunner in upper position.
  Firing Domain
  • Equal to flight domain, either in Air-to-Ground or in Air-to-Air combat.
  Range for self deployment Easy to Maintain
  • Operable without heavy infrastructure,
  • Low Manpower,
  • Optimum Availability.

• Typical configurations

  
  Attack
  
  • 4 Air-to-Air Mistral
    + 8 Hellfire or Spike
    + 30mm turreted gun
  
  
  
  
  Ground
  
  • 68 rockets 68mm
    
  or
  
  • 52 rockets 70mm
    + 30mm turreted gun
  
  
  Attack
  
  
  • 2 Air-to-Air Mistral
    + 4 Hellfire or Spike
    + 34 rockets 68mm
    
  or
  
  • 26 rockets 70mm
    + 30mm turreted gun  
  
  
  
  Armed Reconnaissance
  
  • 4 Air-to-Air Mistral
    + 44 rockets 68mm
    
  or
  
  • 38 rockets 70mm
    + 30mm turreted gun
  
  
  
  Air-to-Air combat
  
  • 4 Air-to-Air Mistral
    + 30mm turreted gun
    
  
  

• Armament 

  30 mm turret-mounted gun (Nexter 30M781).
  
  • The most accurate and lethal on the market.
  • Combined with the RMS and slaved by two HMSD-P+G Optimized through a performant firing control system (algorithms of target trajectory prediction).
    
  • Reducing collateral damages and fratricide firing risks.
  • Total Ammunition capacity:
    - 450 rounds,
    - Rate of fire: 750 rounds per minute,
    - Bursts: 5 / 10 / 25 bullets,
    - Azimuth: +/- 90°,
    - Elevation: +28° / -25°.
  • Optimized firing domain:
    - ATG: up to 1,500 m,
    - ATA: up to 1,000 m.
  Rockets 
  
  • Versatile 68 mm or 70 mm unguided rocket system (change of rocket type without change of any fixed part on helicopter).
  • 68 mm (up to 68 rockets):
    - 2 inner launchers of 22 rockets,
    - 2 outer launchers of 12 rockets.
  • 70 mm (up to 52 rockets):
    - 2 inner launchers of 19 rockets,
    - 2 outer launchers of 7 rockets.
  • Firing Control for:
    - rocket inner pods elevation,
    - sub-ammunition ejection delays,
    - rocket types.
  • Growth potential for laser guided rockets.
  Missiles
  
  • Air-to-Air Mistral Missile
    - Off boresight capability,
    - Multicell seeker,
    - 2 x 2 missiles (outer launchers),
    - Range = up to 6000 m.
  • Air-to-Ground missiles
    • Hellfire (laser guided):
        - 2 M299 launchers x 4 missiles,
        - Range = 8000 m,
        - Self designation or Collaborative designation,
        - Locked Before Launch (LOBL) or Locked After Launch (LOAL).
    • Spike ER
        - 2 x 4 missiles,
        - Range = 8000 m,
        - (Fire-and-follow) with electro-optical or fiber optics technologies.

Cockpit & Avionics

• Tandem, pilot in front
  
• Air conditioned
  
• Redundant MIL 1553 data bus
  
• Glass cockpit (4 displays)
  
• Map Display with battlefield
  management system
  
• Satellite, HF and VHF/FM
  data transfer
  
• Radar, laser, missile launch warning
  and chaff/flares dispenser
  

• Engines

  
  
  • 2 MTR 390 step 1.5 1322 shp, SL, ISA
    
  • Full authority digital engine control
    

  APU function

  • LH engine declutching
    

• Main rotor head

  
  
  • Hingeless flapping
    and lead-lag movements
    
  • Excellent dynamics
    characteristics
    

  Airframe

  • Monolitic carbon
    and nomex/carbon composites
    

Survivability

• Low radar signature
  
• Low infrared emission
  
• Outstanding aircraft agility
  

LRU exchange in NBC Conditions
(ARINC 600

• Vibration suppressor

  
  
  • SARIB type
    (passive system)
    

  Crashworthiness

  • 90% of MIL-STD-1290
    

Mission System

Gyro stabilized Roof Mounted Sight (RMS)          

• TV camera (3 FoV),
• Thermal imager (3 FoV + electronic Zoom),
• Laser range finder,
• Laser designator,
• Laser spot tracker, up to 4 targets automatic tracker.
• Steered in azimuth (+/- 120°) and elevation (+40°/-25°).
  

Helmet-Mounted Sight/Displays (HMSD)         

• Pilot’s and Gunner’s
• Piloting and firing symbology.
• Slaving function,either with RMS or with 30 mm turret-mounted gun.

 
Digital Map Generator

• System EUROGRID
• Map display
• Battlefield management system

IFF Transponder / Interrogator

HF/Datalink

• Topographical maps,
• IFR charts,
• Mission overlays,
• Presentation of target photos,
• Recording and display of IR/TV sensor images of Gunner sight,
• Target hand-over,
• Radio data link managements,
• Handling of mission data.

• 

  Training

  
  
  • On board training device
    
  • 3 videos + 1 audio recorded
    

• Tiger serves 4 Armies since 2005

  
  A quantum leap in gun accuracy
  The 30 mm gun system on Tiger opens a new frontier for operational missions demanding new benchmarks of gun performance.
  1 km distance - A burst of 5 rounds of 30 mm. All rounds reach the 2 m x 2 m target
  At 1 km, Tiger appears with the visual cross section of a 2 cm-thick pen seen from 10 meters. The gun becomes a highly accurate and cheap weapon used for combat and for training. Tiger has been qualified to destroy a highly dynamic target such as a maneuvring helicopter by firing just 5 rounds from 1 Km.
  An advanced technology on production with no competition…
  Well ahead of past designs based on metal structures
  77% of Tiger’s structural weight are components
  of carbon, aramid, or glassfiber:
  - Weight reduction up to 30%
  - Smooth surface
  - Corrosion free structures
  - High degree of integration
  - No crack propagation
  - Damage tolerant behavior
  - Easy battlefield repair.