Wani kyakkyawan shekara don Airbus Helicopters
Nau'in farko na helikwafta mai amfani da yawa na H160 ya fara tashi ne a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 2015. Sojojin Faransa sun yi niyyar sayen jirage masu saukar ungulu 160-190 na irin wannan.
Airbus Helicopters ya ci gaba da kula da matsayinsa na jagoranci, yana ba da jiragen sama na 2016 a cikin 418, sama da kashi biyar daga 2015, duk da raguwar umarni a cikin kasuwa mai wahala. Kamfanin ya karfafa matsayinsa na farko a bangaren jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu da hukumomin tilasta bin doka, yayin da yake ci gaba da kasancewa a halin yanzu a kasuwar soja.
A cikin 388, Airbus Helicopters sun karɓi manyan umarni don helikofta na 2016, wanda shine tabbataccen sakamako idan aka kwatanta da umarni 383 a cikin 2015. matsakaicin jirage masu saukar ungulu na dangin Super Puma. A ƙarshen 2016, jimlar adadin jirage masu saukar ungulu da aka ba da oda sun kasance raka'a 188.
Yawancin kalubale da muka fuskanta a cikin 2016 sun ƙarfafa ƙudurinmu don tallafa wa abokan cinikinmu ta hanyar haɓaka ƙaddamar da inganci da aminci tare da samfurori da ayyuka masu yawa na zamani, "in ji Guillaume Faury, Shugaban Airbus Helicopters. Ga dukkan masana'antar helikwafta, 2016 shine watakila shekara mafi wahala a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. Duk da wannan yanayi na kalubale na kasuwa, mun cimma burinmu na aiki kuma muna ci gaba da shirin mu na kawo sauyi,” in ji shi.
Mahimman bayanai a cikin 2016 sune nasarorin a cikin mahimman kamfen na H225M helikofta na soja da Singapore da Kuwait suka zaba, da kuma iyalan H135 da H145 da Burtaniya ta zaba don horar da matukan jirgi na soja. A bara kuma an ga isar da saƙon farko na sabbin jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu na AS565 MBe Panther don Mexico da Indonesiya da jirgin farko na jirgin saman NH90 Sea Lion helikofta na Navy na Jamus.
A cikin 2016, farkon H175 matsakaici tagwayen injin VIP helikwafta ya shiga kasuwan farar hula, kuma bambance-bambancen tilasta bin doka ya fara gwajin jirgin da ake sa ran kafin satifiket. Ƙungiya ta kasar Sin ta sanya hannu kan odar 100 H135 helikofta; a tattara a kasar nan nan da shekaru goma masu zuwa. A watan Nuwamba, Hukumar Tsaron Jiragen Sama ta Turai (EASA) ta ba da takardar shaidar nau'in nau'in nau'in H135 wanda aka sanye shi da Helionix dijital avionics, kuma sabon ƙarni na H160 an gwada jirgin a cikin shekara.
A ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2016, Sojojin ruwa na Mexico sun karbi na farko na 10 da aka ba da umarnin AS565 MBe Panther helicopters a sansanin Airbus Helicopters a Marignana. An kai karin motoci uku kafin karshen shekara, kuma sauran shidan za a kai su Mexico a shekarar 2018. Don haka, sojojin Mexico sun zama farkon wanda ya fara samun sabon nau'in nau'in helikwafta. Za a yi amfani da su ta jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa a Tekun Mexico da Tekun Pasifik don bincike da ceto, sufuri, korar bala'i da safarar muggan kwayoyi. Jirgin mai saukar ungulu yana sanye da injunan turbine na Safran Ariel 2N guda biyu, yana ba da babban aiki a yanayin zafi da kuma ba da matsakaicin gudun kilomita 278 a cikin jirgin sama na 780 km. Na'urorin farko na wannan nau'in jirgin sama na jiragen ruwa na Mexico ne ya ba da izini shekaru goma da suka gabata.
A ranar 4 ga Oktoban bara, Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Spain ta sami helikwafta H215M ta farko a tashar Albacete. Sayen shine sakamakon tattaunawar da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Spain ta gudanar a watan Yuli 2016 tare da goyon bayan NSPA (Hukumar Tallafawa da Kasuwancin NATO). An tsara shi don fitar da ma'aikata, bincike da ceto da ayyukan ceto, yana da ƙarin kewayon jirgin har zuwa kilomita 560.
