The Ministry of Defense of Brunei have signed the Customer Acceptance Test certificate for the first batch of Airbus H145Ms at Airbus Helicopters Deutschland (AHD), Donauwörth. The signing marks a significant milestone in the acquisition, with delivery of the batch to Brunei Darussalam scheduled for November 2026.

The Brunei Ministry of Defense delegation, led by the Coordinating Minister for National Security, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defense II, Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, were welcomed by Stefan Thomé, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of AHD, together with Vincent Dubrule, Senior Vice President and Head of Region Asia Pacific, Airbus Helicopters, and Constance Pinsdorf, Vice President and Head of the H145M Program.

The ceremony commenced with welcoming remarks by Stefan Thomé, who reaffirmed AHD’s commitment to supporting the successful delivery of the H145M helicopters. The CAT certificate was subsequently signed on behalf of the Ministry of Defense by Yang Mulia 944 Major (Udara) Mohammad Hazwan bin Husny, Royal Brunei Air Force, as Deputy Head of the Integrated Project Team (IPT), while Constance Pinsdorf signed on behalf of AHD. The signing was witnessed by the Coordinating Minister for National Security, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defense II, and Stefan Thomé, the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of AHD.

Also present were the Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Yang Mulia Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Muhammad Haszaimi bin Bol Hassan; the Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force, Yang Mulia Brigadier General (Udara) Haji Haszahaidi bin Haji Ahmad Daud; and officials from the Ministry of Defense and members of the IPT. Also present at the ceremony was Her Excellency Pengiran Hajah Krtini binti Pengiran Haji Mohd. Tahir, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brunei Darussalam to the Federal Republic of Germany.

After the signing ceremony, the Ministry of Defense delegation visited Airbus Helicopters’ Training Academy in Augsburg and Donauwörth, where four pilots from the Royal Brunei Air Force are currently undergoing training led by Yang Mulia 922 Major (Udara) Muhammad Adib bin Haji Hashim, Haji Bakar and eight aircraft technicians undergoing training in Donauwörth led by 15078 Warrant Officer 2 (Udara) Samsul bin Sablih. During the visit, the delegation was also welcomed and greeted by Mr Matthieu Louvot, the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Helicopters.

Under the Support Helicopter Project, the contract for the acquisition of the Airbus H145Ms was signed in April 2024 between the Ministry of Defense, on behalf of the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, and AHD for the delivery of six Airbus H145M helicopters to replace the Royal Brunei Air Force’s decommissioned BO-105 helicopters.