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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.
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.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department EH101 (AW101) The BERP rotor blade design was developed under the British Experimental Rotor Programme.The initial BERP rotor blades were developed in the late 1970s to mid-1980s as a joint venture programme between Westland Helicopters and the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), with Professor Martin Lowson as a co-patentee. [1]
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]
Category for helicopters that hunt submarines. ... AgustaWestland AW101; E. Eurocopter AS565 Panther; K. Kaman SH-2 Seasprite; Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite; Kamov Ka-25;
The 751 Squadron "Pumas" (Esquadra 751) is a helicopter squadron of the Portuguese Air Force. [1] It is part of Grupo Operacional 61 and it is located in Air Force Base No. 6 (Portuguese: Base Aérea no. 6, BA6), Montijo, south of Lisbon. It operates the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin. [2] The 751 Squadron motto is "Para que outros vivam" (So ...
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 ...
A Norwegian Leonardo AW101 SAR Queen helicopter, 2017 The replacement of the Sea Kings was first discussed in a Norwegian Official Report in 1997. [ 65 ] In competition with the AgustaWestland AW101 , the Eurocopter AS532 Cougar and the Sikorsky S-92 , Norway ordered fourteen NHIndustries NH90 helicopters in 2001 to meet the needs of the Royal ...