The AgustaWestlandEH101 is a medium-lift helicopter originally developed as a joint venture between Westland Aircraft in the UK and Agusta in Italy for military applications but also marketed for civil use.
The EH101 is rated to operate in temperatures ranging from -40 to +50 degrees C. High flotation tyres permit operation from soft or rough terrain.
The AgustaWestlandEH101 is a medium-lift helicopter originally developed as a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy for military applications but also marketed for civil use.
In 2001 Denmark announced the purchase of the EH101 for SAR duties.
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The EH101 has an emergency floatation system using helium-inflated polyethylene-kevlar floats, as well as anti-icing features such as sideways-facing turbine inlets, provided because icing was a severe problem with the Sea King.
The EH101 was also a contender for replacement of Canadian shipborne Sea King helicopters, which are just about ready to fall apart, with a potential order for 28 new aircraft, essentially another pass at the same requirement that the CH-148 Petrel had been supposed to fill a decade earlier.
AgustaWestland's participation in the NH90 program means the company is competing with itself to a degree with the EH101, but the EH101 is a larger machine and fits into a somewhat different niche.
The EH101 medium lift helicopter is manufactured by AgustaWestland International Ltd (formerly E.H. Industries), a joint venture company formed by Agusta of Italy and the British company GKN Westland.
The EH101 programme was given the go-ahead by the British and Italian Governments with the signing of an agreement on 25 January 1984.
The military version is in service with the UK Royal Air Force (as the EH101 Merlin HC3), the UK Royal Navy (HMA1 Merlin), the Canadian armed forces (EH101 Cormorant for search and rescue) and the Italian Navy (in anti-submarine, airborne early warning, utility and amphibious support roles).
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The EH101 is in service in the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan, performing a variety of missions, from search and rescue to maritime surveillance, battlefield support, law enforcement and civil operation.
AgustaWestland is presenting this multi-mission capable aircraft to members of the United States Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and other agencies at a time when helicopters currently in use are rapidly approaching aging problems, making them extremely expensive to maintain.
EH101 has been in service since 1996 and the fleet has accumulated approximately 20000 flying hours; the highest time a single EH101 has accumulated is 3000 hours.
EH101 Utility Helicopter, Italy / UK The EH101 military utility medium lift helicopter is manufactured by AgustaWestland (formerly E.H. Industries), a joint venture company formed by Agusta of Italy and the British company GKN.
The EH101 is equipped with infrared jammers, such as the Northrop Grumman Nemesis, directed infrared countermeasures, missile approach warners, chaff and flare dispensers, and a laser detection and warning system.
The EH101 is equipped with two military standard 1553B multiplex databuses, which link the helicopter management, avionics and mission systems.
"AgustaWestland is already linked through a network of joint-ventures and collaborations with the major helicoptermanufacturers and with other leading aeronautical companies, yet the helicopter market appears to remain too small to sustain five major manufacturers in addition to the other regional players.
AgustaWestland is aiming its NH90 utility helicopter (made in partnership with Eurocopter and others) squarely at Singapore's requirement for naval helicopters.
AgustaWestland'sEH101 has already made a mark on the Asian scene with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, which operates one on a variety of missions from medevac to VVIP transport for the Emperor.
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The EH101 was again part of a Canadian competition (the Maritime Helicopter Project), versus the Sikorsky S-92, for a total price tag of CA$5 billion.
In 2001, both Portugal and Denmark announced purchases of the EH101 for SAR duties.
It is competing for the VIP and "Marine One" Presidential transport roles currently carried out by H-3 Sea King or the smaller UH-60 Black Hawk.
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The AgustaWestlandEH101 is a medium-lift helicopter primitively promoted as a intermutual have medially Westland Aircraft in the UK Agusta in Italy for armed plaies but forward-looking marketed for civil use.
The EH101 is rated to perform in temperatures ranging from -40 to 50 degrees C. High flotation tyres permit course from soft or rough terrain.
When it became recognizable that the Sea Kings were in of next replacement, the EH101 was sign in again meed of a Canadian event (the Maritime Helicopter Project), versus the Sikorsky H-92, for a positive prize tag of $5 billion.
Since 1998, 92 EH101 operational aircraft have proved to be readily adaptable to a range of missions, from troop transport to search and rescue, and from executive transport to anti surface and anti submarine warfare.
AgustaWestland Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, while AgustaWestlandBell is a joint venture of AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter Textron.
AgustaWestland brings together two great names in the history of helicopter design and manufacture with both Agusta and Westland each having entered the helicopter industry over 50 years ago.
The EH101 program was given the go-ahead by the British and Italian Governments with the signing of an agreement on January 25th 1984.
AgustaWestland, now a Finmeccaninca company, has said that it had been awarded a major contact worth approximately £400 million for the upgrade of 30 EH101 Merlin HM Mk1 helicopters, with an option for a further eight.
EH101 can operate in sea state 6, in up to 50 kts cross winds, to allow its parent Type 23 frigate to continue monitoring its towed sonar array without the need to turn into wind.
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The selection of the EH101 comes at the end of a thorough and extensive evaluation and as a result of flight evaluation of the EH101 against the Sikorsky S-92 and the Eurocopter Cougar Mk2+.
On the additional success of the EH101, Amedeo Caporaletti, CEO of AgustaWestland commented: “The selection of Portugal, which closely follows the announcement from Denmark, confirms the validity of our company strategy, founded on a product range of advanced technology, demonstrating that it is capable of satisfying the most demanding requirements of world market”.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica and GKN Company with primary operations in Cascina Costa, Italy, and Yeovil, United Kingdom, is a commercial enterprise, offering an unrivaled range of products designed to satisfy the most diverse requirements of civil and military customers.
It is based in the Varese province of Italy, with its main manufacturing plant being at Cascina Costa.
In 1981 Agusta and Westland of Britain started the AgustaWestlandEH101 medium-lift naval helicopter project in order to satisfy the requirements of the Royal Navy and the Italian Navy.
In 1985 the company started a collaborative programme with the aeronautic industries of France, Germany and the Netherlands in order to develop and produce the NHI NH90, a 9-ton twin engine multi-role medium helicopter in order to satisfy the requirements of their respective countries’ armed forces.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is the world's leading helicoptermanufacturer, with a full range of rotorcraft for every commercial, government and military application.
The three-engine EH101 is the most advanced aircraft in its category and is available in naval, SAR and utility versions.
AgustaWestland is an established provider of professional training services and solutions to a wide range of military and civil customers around the world.
AgustaWestland is committed to expanding its regional customer support services to provide ever improving levels of service to its customers.
AgustaWestland is looking forward to long lasting cooperation with Kawasaki and the Japanese defense industry, with the aim to jointly develop and deliver to the Japanese Defense Agency other high technology equipments.
AgustaWestland’s HEAT introduces a state of the art, third generation fly by wire system to provide the control inputs to the helicopter’s rotor systems.
The US101 is the American version of the EH101 in service with the UK Royal Navy and RoyalAir Force, the Italian Navy and the Canadian Forces and selected by Denmark, Portugal and Japan.
Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland collaborated on the production of the UK Royal Navy Merlin HM Mk1 variant of the EH101, in which AgustaWestland is responsible for the air platform and Lockheed Martin is the prime systems integrator.
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The EH101 Merlin Mk3 is used by the RAF to move equipment and troops in theatres of operation, whilst the EH101 Merlin Mk1 is used by the Royal Navy for both Anti-Submarine warfare and Anti-Surface warfare.
The RN Merlin Mk1 is an anti submarine variant of the AgustaWestlandEH101helicopter.
The RAF Merlin Mk3 is a support helicopter variant of the AgustaWestlandEH101helicopter.
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AgustaWestland Bell is the joint venture of AgustaWestland (51 percent) and Bell Helicopter Textron (49), formed specifically to manufacture the US101 in the U.S. and deliver it to Lockheed Martin, which is the prime contractor for the aircraft.
However, he did say AgustaWestland had revenues of more than o2.5 billion and is likely the biggest contributor to the profits of the two parent companies.
AgustaWestland delivered 118 helicopters last year, of which 75 were civil aircraft.
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AgustaWestland is the primary subcontractor to Lockheed Martin which was selected in January 2005 to supply the new fleet of "Marine One" helicopters for the President of the United States.
AgustaWestland very recently relocated their U.S. headquarters to Reston, Virginia (from Crystal City).
AgustaWestland is a subsidiary of Finmeccanica Group, a multi-faceted European manufacturing concern.
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Operated by 28 (AC) Squadron at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, England, the EH101 Merlin Mk.
This event marks the first time an EH101helicopter has been loaded into a C-17, flown thousands of miles, been offloaded, and then returned to flight operations.
Previously, an EH101 air transportability demonstration was successfully conducted, but that demonstration did not include an actual flight aboard a C-17 aircraft.
AgustaWestland, a subsidiary of Finmeccanica, is an Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company.
AgustaWestland was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters).
In 2003, AgustaWestland build 118 helicopters, of which 75 were for commercial customers.
The US101 variant of the AgustaWestlandEH101 is being developed specially for the U.S. market by the AgustaWestlandBell group partnered with Lockheed Martin as Team US101.
Then in May it was announced that the Westland half of AgustaWestland was being acquired from British owners GKN by Agusta's Italian parent, Finmeccanica, for €858.6 million (£1.06 billion).
The EH101 has been cited as one possible option for a prospective New Zealand air force transport requirement (having lost out in Australia's bad-tempered AIR 9000 competition last year) and is a candidate for a new minesweeping helicopter for Korea (having already won a similar order from Japan).
The EH101 military utility medium lift helicopter is manufactured by AgustaWestland (formerly E.H. Industries), a joint venture company formed by Agusta of Italy and the British company GKN.
22 EH101 Merlin HC3 medium support helicopters have been delivered to the UK Royal Air Force, and the first entered service in January 2001.
Italy has ordered 20 EH101 with deliveries beginning in July 2000.