OSLO—Norway said it would axe its fleet of NH90 military helicopters and ask for a refund from a consortium led by Europe’s Airbus, which hit back by calling the move “legally groundless.”
Norway will return the NH90 military helicopters it ordered from the NHIndustries consortium because they are either unreliable or were delivered late, the defense minister and the head of the military said on Friday.
Oslo said it would also seek repayment of 5 billion crowns ($523 million) plus interest and other costs from NHIndustries, which is owned by Airbus Helicopters, Italy’s Leonardo, and Fokker Aerostructures of the Netherlands….