Flight Control System

The NH90 is the first military helicopter fitted with a state of the art fly by wire system.

This flight control system choice makes the NH90 as the helicopter of choice for the modern armed forces requiring top performance and safety.



Fly-by-Wire Flight Control System - enables maximum performance to be obtained within the flight envelope whilst reducing crew workload. The maintenance and inspection requirements are greatly reduced compared with a conventional control system.

  • Fly-by-wire with automatic flight control system (multi-mode).
  • Quadruplex redundancy (dual digital, dual analogue).
  • Advanced flight control aids.