Ruag Shows Off Super Puma Upgrade, Delivers Do 228s
Paris Air Show » 2013 by Neelam Mathews and David Donald Here at the Paris Air Show, Swiss company Ruag has this upgraded Super Puma helicopter on display. Improvements include TH06 avionics. (Photo: Mark Wagner) June 18, 2013, 2:30 PM Making its Paris debut in the static display is a Swiss air force Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma that has undergone the TH 06 ISR upgrade by Ruag Aviation (Chalet A118, Static R). The Swiss company has designed and installed a major avionics overhaul that allows the Super Puma fleet to continue to provide service for many years to come. Switzerland originally purchased 15 AS332M 1 Super Pumas, which are designated TH 89 in Swiss air force service. The air arm later went back to Eurocopter for 11 AS532UL / TH 98 Cougars. In 2006 the air force initiated a program to bring...