EHI EH-101 Merlin HC3 (Mk4)

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The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter used in both military and civil applications

It was developed by joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy in response to national requirements for a modern naval utility helicopter; until 2007, the aircraft had been marketed under the designation EH101.
Several operators, including the armed forces of Britain, Denmark and Portugal, use the name Merlin for their AW101 aircraft.

It is manufactured at factories in Yeovil, England and Vergiate, Italy; licensed assembly work has also taken place in Japan and the United States.

General characteristics

• Crew: 3–4
• Capacity: 26 troops (38 passengers) or 5 tonnes of payload,[162] or 4 stretchers (with sonar removed).[141]
• Length: 19.53 m-fuselage length (64 ft 1 in)
• Rotor diameter: 18.59 m (61 ft 0 in)
• Height: 6.62 m (21 ft 8¾ in)
• Disc area: 271.51 m² (2,992.5 ft²)
• Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,149 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 14,600 kg (32,188 lb)
• Powerplant: 3 × Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322-01 turboshafts, 1,566 kW (2,100 shp) (take-off power) each

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 309 km/h (167 knots, 192 mph)
• Cruise speed: 278 km/h (150 knots, 167mph)
• Range: 833 km (450 nmi,[163] 517 mi)
• Endurance: 5 hours
• Service ceiling: 4,575 m (15,000 ft)

Armament

• Bombs: 4× Sting Ray homing torpedoes or depth charges

Avionics

• Smiths Industries OMI 20 SEP dual-redundant digital automatic flight control system
• Navigation systems:
• BAE Systems LINS 300 ring laser gyro, Litton Italia LISA-4000 strapdownAHRS
• Radar:
• Selex Galileo Blue Kestrel 5000 maritime surveillance radar
• ECM
• Racal Orange Reaper ESM
• Sonar
• Thomson Marconi Sonar AQS-903 acoustic processor
• Active/passive sonobuoys
• Thomson Sintra FLASH dipping sonar array