(Luft) Leonardo AW149

[Quintus Fabius]

Ein Helikopter der mich zur Zeit viel beschäftigt, und dem ich deshalb und darob seiner Exzellenz einen eigenen Strang widmen will. Und er ist nicht von Airbus.

Vom Hersteller:

https://helicopters.leonardo.com/en/products/aw149

Military helicopters must be equipped to perform the most demanding battlefield missions in the harshest environments

- lower life-cycle costs and day/night all-weather capability

- troop transport and re-supply/external load lift; medical and casualty evacuation; Search and Rescue (SAR) and Personnel Recovery; special forces operations; close air support/armed escort; Command and Control (C2); and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

- advanced open architecture mission system enables the quick and effective integration of mission-specific and customer-specific equipment, avionics, weapons and defence systems

- unparalleled crew safety. Contributing to its superior battle survivability are high levels of ballistic tolerance of the blades, airframe and components, crashworthy fuselage and seats, energy-absorbing landing gear and structure. The main gearbox has a 50-minute dry run capability

- fully integrated defensive aids suite along with additional armour protection

- spacious, unobstructed cabin and large sliding doors on both sides enable the rapid transport of heavily laden troops and mission equipment in support of high-tempo operations. The large sliding doors support fast roping and hoist operations, enabling troop insertion and extraction on the hover while allowing simultaneous cover fire from window-mounted machine guns

[Quintus Fabius]

Nutzer: Polen (bewaffnet / Hellfire), Thailand, Ägypten (Marine), geplant Italien; etwaig Großbritannien, Malaysia, Rumänien u.a.

Über die UK Variante:

https://uk.leonardo.com/en/helicopters/m...helicopter

Im Film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuC8IOsNmY

Small Aircraft Footprint - Capable of Flying into Cramped Areas - High Ground Clearance - Large Cabin Area - Can Fit up to 19 Seats - Crew Served Weapons for Defence - High Tail Rotor - Easy Landing in Difficult Conditions - Good Cockpit Visibility - Airborne within minutes

[Quintus Fabius]

Und noch nen Werbetext, könnte glatt von Leonardo gleich selbst geschrieben worden sein, obwohl es das wurde:

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-w...sponsored/

[Schneemann]

Poland accepts first two AW149 helicopters

Poland has formally accepted the first two of 32 Leonardo AW149 armed battlefield utility helicopters.

The acceptance ceremony was held on 30 October at the type's future operating station at Nowy Glinnik Airport, some 70 km southwest of Warsaw, and was attended by the Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak.

News of the handover came around 17 months after Błaszczak announced the AW149 procurement in June 2022. The acquisition saw the AW149 succeed in Poland, having initially failed to secure a sale in the country.

Having been considered by the Ministry of National Defence (MND) as a potential replacement for its Warsaw Pact-era Mil Mi-14 ‘Haze' anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and Mil Mi-8 ‘Hip' troop transport helicopters, the AW149PL, as it was known during its initial Polish bid, lost out to the Leonardo AW101 Merlin in the ASW role and to the Eurocopter EC725 (later rebadged as the Airbus Helicopters H225M) in the special operations forces (SOF) role (this selection was later overturned in favour of the Polish-built Lockheed Martin S-70i Black Hawk).

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defen...elicopters

Schneemann