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Airbus Helicopters H215/H225

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Twin turboshaft medium utility helicopters. H225 (formerly EC225) and military H225M (formerly EC725) variants, and H215. Formerly Super Puma AS332 C1e, AS332 L1e; Military AS532 ALe; Also produced in Indonesia as NAS332.

Airbus Helicopters H215/H225
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Lift type
Rotary wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turboshaft
Application
Attack, Business, Cargo, Military transport, Passenger small, Search & rescue, Surveillance, Utility
Final assembly
Bandung (Husein Sastranegara) ·

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
Mixed
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
3-axis
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Configuration & certification
Rotor configuration
Single main + tail
Certification
Part 29
Minimum crew
2

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Airbus Helicopters AS332 Super Puma1977 / 19782015Production: 12 (2025) GAMA: Airbus Helicopters H215 / H215M; Airbus Helicopters H225 / H225M. Baseline variant, includes AS332L1, AS332C1 and other variants with AS332 designation.
Airbus Helicopters EC225 Super Puma1998 / 20002015Improved variant of AS332 L2, includes EC225 LP and EC225e variants.
Airbus Helicopters H2252014 / 2013Upgraded variant, annouced initially as EC225e.
Airbus Helicopters H2152015 / 2015Current production variant, derived from AS332C1e and AS332L1e.
Airbus Helicopters H215M2015 / 2015Twin-engine, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter, formerly AS532 Cougar.
Airbus Helicopters H225M2015 / 2015Military variant, formerly EC725.

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