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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 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 ...
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.
The AgustaWestland AW101, initially designated as EH101, was originally developed and produced by EH Industries, which was a joint venture between the British Westland Helicopters and Italian Agusta companies; Westland merged with Agusta to form AgustaWestland in 2001. [1]
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 ...
AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM2: United Kingdom: Rotorcraft: ASW/AEW: 2000: 30: 44 [2] Expected OSD 2040. [55] [56] AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat AH1: United Kingdom: Rotorcraft: Utility/Reconnaissance: 2014--Up to 8 Army Air Corps aircraft tasked to 847 Naval Air Squadron in support of the Royal Marines. [49] Transport helicopters ...
The helicopters are to be replaced by AgustaWestland AW101 under the Norwegian All-Weather Search and Rescue Helicopter (NAWSARH) programme gradually from September 2020. [96] The candidates for the NAWSARH contract of 10–12 helicopters was the AgustaWestland AW101, NHIndustries NH90, Eurocopter EC225 and Sikorsky S-92. [97]
The Merlin Depth Maintenance Facility (MDMF) performs depth maintenance on AW101 Merlin helicopters [12] of the Royal Navy. MDMF is located at RNAS Culdrose, and is a partnership between the UK Ministry of Defence and Leonardo Helicopters. [13] For UK Merlin helicopters depth maintenance is centred on a four year cycle.