After production flight test and acceptance, the aircraft will be delivered to the Brazilian Air Force and assigned to the First Air Defence Group.
The new H225Ms will start replacing Romania’s locally built IAR-330 Puma fleet for conventional and special operations.
StandardAero’s diagnostic and predictive maintenance tools already support the T56, J85, TF33 and TF39 engine fleets.
Under the contract, the company will supply AN/ASQ-239 systems for F-35 aircraft in Lots 20 to 22 and provide systems to retrofit older aircraft.