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Força Aérea Portuguesa / Re: EH-101
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Leonardo awarded $1 billion CAN (€690 million) contract for the AW101/CH-149 “Cormorant” SAR helicopter Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project
(23 de Dezembro de 2022)
Leonardo awarded $1 billion CAN (€690 million) contract for the AW101/CH-149 “Cormorant” SAR helicopter Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project
(23 de Dezembro de 2022)
Citação de: Leonardo
The contract includes upgrades of 13 existing Cormorant SAR helicopters and the augmentation of a further three aircraft, delivering greater capabilities and extending fleet life expectancy to 2042+.Fonte: https://www.leonardo.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/23-12-2022-leonardo-awarded-1-billion-can-%E2%82%AC690-million-contract-for-the-aw101-ch-149-cormorant-sar-helicopter-mid-life-upgrade-cmlu-project
The programme will be executed by Team Cormorant led by Leonardo and comprising IMP Aerospace and Defence, GE Canada and Collins Aerospace Canada.
Profumo: "With the Cormorant helicopter the Canadian Government is getting the right equipment for their Forces, at the best price for Canadians, with the right benefits for Canadian industry."
The Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded Leonardo (through Leonardo U.K. Ltd of Yeovil) a $1 billion CAN (€690 million) contract for the AW101/CH-149 "Cormorant" Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project for 16 aircraft in total, comprising 13 existing Cormorant Search and Rescue Helicopter (CSH) currently in-service and the augmentation of a further three aircraft. This contract will enhance the aircraft's systems and technologies, ensure compliance with emerging airspace requirements, extend the life expectancy of the fleet to 2042+ and enable the return of Cormorant helicopters to the Main Operating Base (MOB) Trenton.
After distinguished 20-years of service life, the CH-149 Cormorant fleet will now undergo a mid-life upgrade, further to Team Cormorant’s proposition. The team is a collaboration of Leonardo and is supported by its principle Canadian subcontractor IMP Aerospace and Defence together with GE Canada, and Collins Aerospace Canada. The majority of the CMLU work will be performed in Canada, primarily at IMP’s Halifax, N.S. facilities.
The CMLU Project will transition Canada’s AW101/CH-149 "Cormorant" SAR helicopter fleet to the latest standard currently being delivered for SAR in Norway and arguably the best search and rescue helicopter in the world. The CMLU Project will include; state-of-the-art avionics, a new glass cockpit, more powerful digitally-controlled engines, wireless in-cabin communications, the latest SAR sensors including Electro Optical Infra-Red device and Mobile Phone Detection Location System –enabling less search and more rescue.
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