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A Norwegian Leonardo AW101 SAR Queen helicopter, 2024. On 25 October 2007, a project started that had the intent to replace all Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters with new rescue helicopters by 2020. On 19 December 2013, a contract was signed between AgustaWestland and the government, for the purchase of 16 AW101 helicopters.
An AW101 undergoing VH-71 testing near the Lockheed facility in Owego, New York. Delays and engineering issues plagued the VH-71's development. [31] By 2007, the estimated cost of developing and modifying the aircraft had risen by 40% to $2.4 billion and had passed the $4.2 billion expected for the production of the fleet. [32]
AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company, [2] which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica (now known as Leonardo). [3] It was formed in July 2000 as an Anglo-Italian [4] multinational company, when Finmeccanica and GKN merged their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland, [5] with each holding a ...
The AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant is the Canadian Armed Forces designation for the AgustaWestland AW101 (formerly EH101), a helicopter used for air-sea rescue in Canada. Developed from AgustaWestland in Italy (now merged as part of Leonardo), the CH-149 is a medium-lift helicopter for military applications.
Finnish NH90 Swedish NH90 Danish AW101. Nordic Standard Helicopter Program (NSHP) was an international helicopter procurement program in the late 1990s and early 2000s to choose a standard helicopter for Norway, Sweden, Finland, and initially Denmark. In 1999, the four countries issued a requirement for a helicopter in the 9-15 ton range, which ...
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Pages in category "Anti-submarine helicopters" ... AgustaWestland AW101; E. Eurocopter AS565 Panther; K. Kaman SH-2 Seasprite; Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite; Kamov Ka-25;
The U.S. State Department approved a foreign military sale to Zambia of military helicopters and related logistics support for an estimated cost of $100 million, the Pentagon said in a statement ...