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chose to purchase fourteen NH90 units. The plan was for eight of the
Norwegian helicopters would go to the Coast Guard and the rest will serve on the frigates. Sweden and Finland also placed orders, and airframes for all three would be assembled mostly in Patria, Finland. (As mentioned elsewhere, the
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fleet. Norway ended up running the NAWSARH with
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The choice was met with resistance from the SAR community which felt the NH90 was too small, and this one reason
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The NHindustries NH90 was chosen in
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The NH90 for the NHSP order were assembled in Patria, Finland; one of the five final assembly locations for the NH90 including France, Germany, Italy, and
Australia. The helicopters for Finland, Norway, and Sweden were mostly assembled at Patria, Finland.
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Norway took initiative in 1998 to establish the Nordic
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Iceland in the 2010s. In
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