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The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter in military and civil use. First flown in 1987, it was developed by a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the United Kingdom and Agusta in Italy in response to national requirements for a modern naval utility helicopter.
In 2005 the 751 Squadron started to operate the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin, the SA 330 replacement. [5] On February 11, 2005, the second and third Merlins produced arrived at Portugal. [ 6 ] After the crew's conversion to the new helicopter, the AW101 Merlin started its operational activity in Air Base no. 6 on 3 February 2006 [ 7 ] and in ...
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.
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 ...
Pages in category "AgustaWestland aircraft" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... AgustaWestland AW101; AgustaWestland AW109;
On 26 May 2004, GKN confirmed that it had agreed to sell its share of AgustaWestland to Finmeccanica for £1.06 billion. [10] [11] The sale was approved by the British government in October 2004. [12] The former Westland site at the now unused airfield in Weston-super-Mare houses The Helicopter Museum featuring a number of examples of Westland ...
AgustaWestland (2000−2016) — defunct multinational aircraft manufacturer in Italy and the United Kingdom, now the present day Helicopter Sector of Leonardo S.p.A. v t