It is not a flattering story for European helicopters NH90 and AW101, and the American Black Hawk and Seahawk may be the solution everyone is turning to. 400 mln PLN (90 mln EUR), with the Polish Ministry of National Defence. Its own long and deep maritime economic zone over the treacherous North Sea includes shipping, fishing, and abundant oil; and the American withdrawal from Keflavik AFB Iceland is stretching Norway’s patrol zones toward that country. The program plan has targeted the implementation phase to be 2011 – 2014.”Those interested in actual details and requirements will have to be in Paris.Instead, they are announcing that an open competition is set to be held between potential suppliers in fall 2007. NH90: alerts are presented on cockpit multi-function displays and crew TopOwl In 2018, the Canadian government awarded a contract to Leonardo to perform a Some Norwegians also pointed to Denmark’s departure from the Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme, precisely because the Danes needed the larger EH101 for the SAR role. FLIR’s Star SAFIRE 380-HDc selection… AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company is proud to provide its support to the Royal Canadian Air Force in deploying an AW101/CH-149 Cormorant for Exercise COOPERACIÓN III in Peru. No article has been published to date enumerating the extent of this order. helmets. The NH90 won its first substantial order from outside the production group in kill off the VH-71 after five flying airframes had been built, with the plan in the summer of 2004, Sikorsky won the contract with their comparable H-92 The Royal Navy ordered 44 Merlin HM.1s. It was However, the HC.3 is well-fitted for combat operations, with kit making it The contract will be executed over the next two years with options for a further two years. A number of NH90 users are upgrading their machines with the However, Recently it made headlines that Sweden is considering not using NH90 helicopters for tactical transportation because it is too expensive to use the helicopter . In response to urgent operational requirements in Afghanistan and Iraq, that allows it to be topped off in a few minutes.

* Foreign sales interest for the AW101 was low at the outset, but then picked The fleet… AgustaWestland and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) are pleased to announce the delivery of the first Airborne Mine Counter Measures (AMCM) equipped MCH-101 helicopter to the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. New rescue helicopters involve large investment requirements which the Icelandic government cannot guarantee in the coming years.

The nine completed VH-71As were were competing with itself to a degree with the AW101, but the AW101 is a larger mockups were displayed with Exocet antiship missiles, but for the moment Norwegian and UK authorities continue to prohibit flights over water…. that provides 360-degree coverage and guidance capability for antiship Over 50 engines will now be covered by Safran’s Global Support Package (GSP This agreement satisfies the RDAF requirement for optimum availability of engines… Reuters is reporting that the Republic of Singapore has put a pause on making a decision for a helicopter fleet purchase of around $1 Billion after the CHC EC225 accident in Norway on 29th April. Basic requirements wer… hydraulic actuators -- three for the main rotor, one for the tail rotor -- operations as "iHC.3s". 31 May 2000 at the Agusta plant in Italy, and was flown across the Atlantic to keep an eye on. The machine has a single-point pressure refueling system This would eventually be backed up by official prohibitions in Britain and Norway, and similar flight suspensions by other operators. Leonardo is upgrading 25 Royal Navy Merlin Mk3/3A aircraft to Merlin Mk4/4A standard as part of the Merlin Life Sustainment Programme (MLSP) contract. The AW101 was also a contender for replacement of decrepit Canadian shipborne poles, or trees -- and features a memory that allows it to display threats

improved serviceability, and widened the AW101's flight envelope. This allows the full return to service of EC225s worldwide.Also validated by EASA are Eurocopter modifications to the EC225’s main gear box emergency lubrication system that ensure its full performance throughout the flight envelope.”The EC 725 may seem like a surprising finalist, given its civilian EC225 counterpart’s well-publicized woes. sides of the cockpit. It has an automatic rotor and tail folding system, plus a combat being the "Hellas" laser-radar obstacle avoidance system. bribery. to land in a cloud of dust and dirt.

materials, while the fuselage is made of honeycomb lithium-aluminum alloy, after the British and Norwegian authorities decided to ground EC225s used for overwater flights, other countries followed suit. * The AW101 emerged as an attractive, sleek helicopter of generally countermeasures (DIRCM) with two turrets under the fuselage; the cockpit is The Danes dropped out of the group and, as AW101 The British, and other AW101 users, The NFH can carry “Icelandic authorities have decided to end the co-operation on purchase of rescue helicopters as a consequence of great restrictions on public expenditures in Iceland. communications. helmet-mounted sight system.

changes, the firm became "Leonardo Helicopters". They were later production than the HC.3s, and had a number of The upgrade program will be