Norway’s selection of the AgustaWestland AW101 for its NAWSARH search and rescue requirement is a major shot in the arm for the manufacturer’s Yeovil, UK plant. Announced on 19 December, the order is ...

UK defence officials have quietly extended the out-of-service date for the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin rotorcraft under plans that will now see the heavy, three-engined type ...

The UK Royal Navy is looking to upgrade the search radars of its 30 Merlin HM2 helicopters as it seeks to extend the type's service life out to 2040. (Janes/Patrick Allen) The UK Royal Navy (RN) is to ...

Quote: "Another good news for the Air Assault Forces. Today we sent an invitation to negotiations on the supply of 22 multipurpose AW101 helicopters, which will soon replace the post-Soviet models," ...

LONDON—Leonardo Helicopters and Lockheed Martin have both been awarded contracts to begin assessing the scope of a life-extension program for the UK Royal Navy’s fleet of AW101 Merlin helicopters. The ...

Poland has signed for AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters to satisfy its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) requirements. Seen here in UK Royal Navy service, the AW101 has ...

U.K. Royal Air Force crash investigators are in El Centro, Calif., examining the wreckage of an AW101 Merlin HC3 medium helicopter that crashed at a nearby airfield being used for night landing ...

Last weekend we attended the Radom Air Show in Poland. This biannual event organized at the Warsaw-Radom airport is considered the most reputable Polish international air show, with the Polish Air ...

WARSAW, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Poland is seeking to negotiate for the purchase of 22 AW101 helicopters produced by PZL-Swidnik, the Polish unit of Italy's state-controlled defence and aerospace group ...