Leonardo AW101

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Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.

Norway’s armed forces are experimenting with artificial intelligence to speed up helicopter search and rescue missions.

Norway has pledged to increase defense spending and accelerate the introduction of new warships and associated helicopters.

The Norwegian government plan to take over search-and-rescue provision in Tromso looks set to result in additional orders for Leonardo’s AW101 heavy helicopter.

UK defense ministers will not say when a decision might be made on whether to contract for a £1 billion new fleet of medium helicopters.

Norway and the UK will work together on tackling Russian underwater warfare threats through a new agreement signed by the two countries.

Leonardo Helicopters engineers are putting the finishing touches to the company’s Proteus uncrewed autonomous helicopter demonstrator ahead of first flight.

Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.

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Norway can buy nine Sikorsky HH-60W combat search-and-rescue helicopters, the U.S. government announced on July 11.

Leonardo Helicopters is offering to provide anti-submarine warfare mission-configured AW101 helicopters to the Norwegian military.

A system that can locate a target cellphone at ranges of up to 20 km has become the primary sensor for Norway’s search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters.

Leonardo is proposing that Japan participates in its Proteus autonomous rotorcraft program.

Airbus Helicopters has teamed up with Babcock and CAE to offer the H145M twin-engine light helicopter to Poland.

The UK Royal Navy has declared FOC with its Crowsnest helicopter-borne airborne early warning radar system, which is slated for replacement in the early 2030s.

The UK’s second-ever Carrier Strike Group with Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers has set sail for the Asia-Pacific region.

The UK Defense Ministry has begun exploring the market to find a replacement for the Crowsnest helicopter-borne airborne-early-warning radar system.

Manufacturer Leonardo Helicopters is discussing with Portugal a potential midlife upgrade of the country's EH/AW101 search and rescue helicopters.

The UK Royal Navy has declared full operational capability with its Leonardo AW/EH101 Merlin Mk. 4 fleet of amphibious assault helicopters.

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The decision on a preferred configuration likely will emerge from concept design activities planned for 2026-2027.

Leonardo is cutting work at its site making 787 fuselages for Boeing to a single shift as a short-term measure to address the slow pace of aircraft deliveries.

Oslo has plentiful spares available to support the Ukrainian aircraft.

The sensor upgrade will be installed on the CH-149s as part of the C$1 billion ($734 million) Cormorant Mid-Life Update program.