AgustaWestland,
a Finmeccanica company, attends DIMDEX 2014 (Doha, Qatar, March 25th
– 27th) exhibiting its range of modern rotorcraft solutions. AgustaWestland
has a well established and long standing presence in Qatar and the Middle
East in both the military and commercial market. The Qatar Armed Forces
operate Westland Sea King/Commando helicopters and have more recently
started operating 21 new generation AW139 intermediate twin multirole
helicopters ensuring outstanding flexibility and covering a number of
applications including utility, troop transport, search and rescue,
border patrol, special forces operations, law enforcement and homeland
security. Three of these AW139s are dedicated to emergency medical service
duties and the Qatar Armed Forces have become the military operator
with the largest AW139 fleet.
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In
the commercial market, Gulf Helicopters is already using most of its
18 AW139s on order for offshore transport missions and is also the biggest
customer of the new generation AW189 super-medium helicopter for the
same application. Initial deliveries of the new type will start later
this year. This customer is also an authorized training centre in Qatar
for the AW139 with a full flight simulator and has more recently ordered
an AW189 full flight simulator as well.
State-of-the-art
technology, outstanding performance, low operating costs and the only
helicopter in its class to meet the latest safety standards, have made
the AW139 the helicopter of choice in the medium twin market. The standard
configuration provides seating for 12 or 15 passengers in a large and
bright 8.0 m3 cabin with excellent ease of access and egress via large
sliding cabin doors. Excellent payload and performance ensure unmatched
productivity for offshore operations. Over 200 customers from more than
60 countries have ordered over 750 helicopters to perform a wide range
of roles including government missions, law enforcement, utility, EMS/SAR,
offshore transport, VIP/corporate transport. Over 650 AW139s are already
in service with customers worldwide and have logged more than 850,000
flight hours. The global fleet is expected to set the 1 million flight
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Featuring
the largest and most modern range of naval and maritime applications-dedicated
platforms, AgustaWestland attends DIMDEX as a leading player in naval
missions as well. Company’s maritime product range also includes
the NH90 11 ton class medium twin and the AW101 medium-heavy three-engine
models. The NH90 is the result of a successful cooperation among AgustaWestland,
Airbus Helicopters and Stork Fokker through the NH Industries consortium
and is based on a multirole platform offered in two main variants, the
TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) for land-based operations and the
NFH (Naval Frigate Helicopter) for naval applications. The programme
has been highly successful with orders made by 19 customers in 14 countries
for 529 units so far and is nearing 200 helicopters are in service today.
The NH90 features an all composite airframe, fly-by-wire controls and
state-of-the-art avionics.
The
AW101 16 ton class helicopter is the most advanced multirole aircraft
in its category, featuring a large and comfortable cabin able to carry
up to 30 troops or passengers or up to 54 people in high density disaster
relief configuration or up to 16 litters plus medical attendants. The
three engines solution allows outstanding performance and safety standards
in the most demanding operational conditions. Almost 220 AW101 helicopters
have been ordered so far by several nations also including Italy, UK,
Japan, Denmark, Canada, Portugal and Norway to perform a wide range
of missions such at both land and sea as Anti-Submarine Warfare, Anti-Surface
Warfare, Helicopter Early Warning, utility, Search and Rescue/Combat
Search and Rescue, Special Forces operations, VVIP Transport duties.
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