According to the current schedule, the new AW101 will undergo a series of tests at the PZL Świdnik aviation plant, before it will be handed off to the 44th Naval Aviation Base in Darłowo. It will be ...

The new Leonardo AW101 helicopters will replace the Mi-14PŁ (ASW), and Mi-14PŁ/R (SAR) platforms in the Polish Naval Aviation. On Dec. 8, 2023, the Polish Navy started the commissioning process of its ...

The AW101 Merlin helicopters will now undergo final tests and acceptances at the PZL Świdnik (a fully owned subsidiary of Leonardo) plant before final transfer to the Polish Navy. In April 2019, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The strange saga of Indonesia's acquisition of the Leonardo AW101 helicopter has taken a stranger twist, with photos showing the first delivered aircraft in a hangar surrounded ...

The Polish Navy has initiated the induction of its first Leonardo AW101 Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopter, with three aircraft stationed at the Naval Aviation Brigade air base and a fourth ...

Portugal is eyeing a mid-life upgrade for its air force fleet of Leonardo Helicopters AW101s, as the type approaches 20 years in operational service for the nation. Portugal is eyeing a mid-life ...

Severe damage inflicted by an embarrassing ground accident on a brand new search and rescue helicopter in Norway has been pinned on organisational and human failures within the country's air force, ...

ROME, March 24 (UPI) --The first of 16 all-weather search-and-rescue AgustaWestland helicopters for Norway has completed its maiden flight at a factory in Britain. Finmeccanica, of which ...

LONDON—The new managing director of Leonardo Helicopters in the UK says the company’s two locally manufactured rotorcraft, the AW159 Wildcat and the AW101, will secure new orders before the end of the ...

In a break from the previous Indonesian policy, the service is looking beyond its traditional supplier, state-owned Indonesian Aerospace (PTDI) Indonesia's air force recently took delivery of a ...

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," ...

The first Leonardo AW101 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopter on order for the Polish Navy conducted its maiden flight at Leonardo's Yeovil facility on 19 July, ...