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 ...

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 ...

Leonardo’s AW101 for the Polish Navy takes the first flight to test its main airframe, control system and engine handling. Leonardo celebrates as the Polish Navy’s first AW101 flies for the first time ...

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," ...

Leonardo Helicopters will in the coming weeks wrap-up a flight-test campaign to validate improvements to the AW101 that will offer pilots more power and control. Tests have been under way since 2021, ...

Leonardo has detailed additional diversification efforts at its Grottaglie aerostructures plant in southern Italy, including the likely transfer of parts production for the AW101 heavy military ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Royal Norwegian Air Force’s new fleet of Leonardo AW101 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters can communicate, send text messages and switch between 3G and 4G networks similar to the way the average ...

The Nigerian Air Force has taken delivery of a pair of VIP-configured AgustaWestland AW101 Mk 641 helicopters. The first was delivered to Nigeria as NAF280 on 30 September 2014, and the second (as ...