Italian Navy NH90 First Flight
(Source: Agusta Westland; issued Dec. 16, 2005)
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announces that the first Italian Navy serial production NH90 took to the air on Thursday the 15th of December at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility in Italy. The flight started at 16.00, lasting 35 minutes.
In the frame of the NH90 Programme work-share, AgustaWestland is responsible of the overall integration of the NH90 naval mission system for all NH90 NFH variants.
The NH90 NFH variant is primarily designed for autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Anti Surface Warfare (ASuW) missions. Additional applications include vertical replenishment, maritime patrol, SAR and troop transport. The helicopter is designed for day & night/adverse weather/severe ship motion environment operations. Due to its weight and dimensions and particularly to the automatic blade and tail folding system, it can operate from/to small frigates.
The Italian Navy has ordered a total of 56 NH90s, ten of which will be configured for tactical transport and 46 for naval operations. Assembly of 150 NH90s is underway at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility including naval NFH variant for Italian, the Netherlands and Norwegian Navies and TTH variant for Italian Army.
The NH90 is managed through NHIndustries, that is the prime contractor for the NH90 Helicopter Programme, launched by France, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands and joined by Portugal.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is one of the largest helicopter companies in the world. The company offers an unrivalled range of helicopters and rotorcraft capabilities, training and support solutions to satisfy the requirements of civil and military customers. AgustaWestland has its primary operations in Italy, United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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Esta é a nersão naval do NH-90 NFH, para luta ASW e ASuW e ainda caopacidade SAR e CSAR, no deck de aterragem de um navio:
Algum do colegas tem informações de como está a eventual vinda de NH-90 "terrestres" para o nosso Exército português?
Até há pouco falava-se em 2008, como o ano da chegada dos 10 aparelhos.
Algum do colegas tem informações de como está a eventual vinda de NH-90 "terrestres" para o nosso Exército português?
Até há pouco falava-se em 2008, como o ano da chegada dos 10 aparelhos.
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