NH90 helicopter
E37062
The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NH90 helicopter canonical | 8 |
| NHIndustries NH90 | 8 |
| NH90 | 6 |
| NH90 NFH | 6 |
| NH90 TTH | 4 |
| MRH-90 Taipan | 2 |
| MRH-90 Taipan helicopter | 1 |
| MRH-90 Taipan helicopter (phasing out) | 1 |
| Merlin helicopters | 1 |
| NH90 (through NHIndustries consortium) | 1 |
| NH90 Helicopter units | 1 |
| NH90 NFH Caïman Marine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282627 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NH90 helicopter Context triple: [Spanish Army, usesEquipment, NH90 helicopter]
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A.
CH-148 Cyclone
The CH-148 Cyclone is a Canadian maritime helicopter designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and shipborne operations.
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B.
Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk
The Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk is a specialized, heavily modified variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Marine Corps for VIP transport, including the President of the United States.
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C.
CH-147F Chinook
The CH-147F Chinook is a Canadian variant of the Boeing CH-47 heavy-lift transport helicopter, optimized for tactical troop and cargo missions in demanding environments.
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D.
AH-6 Little Bird
The AH-6 Little Bird is a light attack and reconnaissance helicopter used by U.S. special operations forces for highly agile, low-level missions.
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E.
Mi-24
The Mi-24 is a Soviet-designed attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport, widely used for close air support and battlefield assault missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NH90 helicopter Target entity description: The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
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A.
CH-148 Cyclone
The CH-148 Cyclone is a Canadian maritime helicopter designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and shipborne operations.
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B.
Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk
The Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk is a specialized, heavily modified variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Marine Corps for VIP transport, including the President of the United States.
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C.
CH-147F Chinook
The CH-147F Chinook is a Canadian variant of the Boeing CH-47 heavy-lift transport helicopter, optimized for tactical troop and cargo missions in demanding environments.
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D.
AH-6 Little Bird
The AH-6 Little Bird is a light attack and reconnaissance helicopter used by U.S. special operations forces for highly agile, low-level missions.
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E.
Mi-24
The Mi-24 is a Soviet-designed attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport, widely used for close air support and battlefield assault missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medium-lift helicopter
ⓘ
military helicopter ⓘ twin-engine helicopter ⓘ |
| armamentOptions |
anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| avionics |
fly-by-wire flight control system
ⓘ
glass cockpit ⓘ |
| category |
21st-century military aircraft
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European military aircraft ⓘ helicopters of the Cold War era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | multinational Europe ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 260 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
naval operations
ⓘ
tactical transport ⓘ |
| developer |
Leonardo Helicopters
ⓘ
surface form:
NHIndustries
|
| engineModel |
General Electric T700-T6E1
ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1995-12-18 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | composite materials ⓘ |
| height | 5.23 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 2007 ⓘ |
| length | 16.13 m ⓘ |
| mainRotorBlades | 4 ⓘ |
| mainRotorDiameter | 16.30 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Leonardo Helicopters
ⓘ
surface form:
NHIndustries
|
| maximumSpeed | 300 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 10600 kg ⓘ |
| missionEquipment |
dipping sonar
ⓘ
electro-optical sensor turret ⓘ search radar ⓘ self-protection suite ⓘ sonobuoy launcher ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operators |
Australia
ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Norway ⓘ Oman ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Australian Army
ⓘ
French Army ⓘ German Army ⓘ Italian Army (Republic of Italy) ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Army
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ |
| programPartners |
Airbus Helicopters
ⓘ
Fokker Aerostructures ⓘ Fokker Aerostructures ⓘ
surface form:
GKN Fokker
Leonardo S.p.A. ⓘ |
| range | 800 km ⓘ |
| role |
maritime helicopter
ⓘ
tactical transport helicopter ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 6000 m ⓘ |
| tailRotorType | conventional tail rotor ⓘ |
| typicalCapacity | 20 troops ⓘ |
| variants |
NH90 helicopter
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NH90 NFH
NH90 helicopter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NH90 TTH
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NH90 helicopter Description of subject: The NH90 helicopter is a modern, medium-sized, twin-engine military helicopter developed through a European collaboration for tactical transport and naval operations.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
MRH-90 Taipan helicopter (phasing out)
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 (through NHIndustries consortium)
this entity surface form:
Merlin helicopters
subject surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 TTH
subject surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH
this entity surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 Helicopter units
this entity surface form:
NH90 TTH
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH
subject surface form:
Charles de Gaulle
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH Caïman Marine
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
MRH-90 Taipan
this entity surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH
this entity surface form:
NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 TTH
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NH90 TTH
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH
this entity surface form:
NH90 NFH
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
NHIndustries NH90
this entity surface form:
MRH-90 Taipan helicopter
this entity surface form:
MRH-90 Taipan