By Dominic Perry2021-01-21T21:12:00+00:00 Airbus Helicopters could offer the H175 super-medium-twin to the UK as a replacement for the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Puma utility helicopters in 2025 – despite the fact that no military variant of the 8t rotorcraft exists. In fact, Airbus Helicopters has consistently said that it was prevented from developing a military version due its partnership agreement with China on the programme. Source: Airbus Helicopters Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service operates H175 for SAR missions However, Jerome Combe, head of product policy and strategy at the airframer, told the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Next-Generation Rotorcraft Conference on 21 January that it could offer several alternatives as a Puma replacement, such as the H225M and NH Industries NH90, or the H175.