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theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑So 8. Aug 2021, 16:30 Es soll eine zweite Tranche der AW169M LUH beschafft werden, die 33 Helikopter umfassen soll. Diese Tranche ist mit 108 Mio. EUR aus dem Legge di Bilancio 2020 bereits teilweise finanziert. Bis 2033 sind Mittel in Höhe von insgesamt 343 Mio. EUR vorgesehen:

• https://documenti.camera.it/Leg18/Dossi ... DI0404.Pdf

theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑Do 25. Mär 2021, 23:51

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Jan 27, 2021

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Jun 12, 2021

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Oct 16, 2021

• Performance Packages Increase Power, Payload for AW169 (28. Januar 2020)
  

  Leonardo is developing two performance packages for the AW169 medium twin that will increase engine shaft horsepower (shp), transmission rating, and available payload. The "Enhanced" and “Superior” performance packs rely on software updates and minor aerodynamic modifications to deliver increased performance. Leonardo expects EASA approval for the packages by the end of 2020 and will make them available on new deliveries and as a retrofit to existing helicopters beginning in 2021.
  
  Retrofit pricing was not disclosed, but a company spokesman said he expected the retrofits to require 16 man-hours of labor. Available payload would increase from 440 to 770 pounds, depending on phase of flight and external conditions; more than 770 pounds for hovering, over 660 pounds for CAT. A-PC1 operations, and 440 pounds for one-engine-inoperative (OEI) hover.

  Leonardo’s Samuele Tosi, head of product marketing for dual-use helicopters, said the performance packs produce an increase of approximately 144 shp on the 1,000-shp Pratt & Whitney PW210A Fadec-controlled engines, and an increased transmission rating of approximately 150 shp. He said the differences between the packages is price and the amount of shp increase—with the Enhanced pack delivering approximately two-thirds the power increase of the Superior pack. He said the power increases would give the AW169 “the highest power-to-weight ratio in its class.

  https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news ... load-aw169

The overall AW169 LUH programme is based on an advanced multirole configuration provided with dedicated flight/mission equipment including, among others, skids landing gear, the Leonardo MAIR (Multi Aperture InfraRed) threat warning system and an advanced C4 command, control and communication system to grant full interoperability with other assets in the NATO environment.

Italian Army quote “The 2nd Army Aviation Regiment ‘Sirio’ is the Italian Army flight Unit designated to study and verify in flight the basic version of the aircraft, in order to settle modifications aimed to its reconfiguration into the LUH military version”.

Location: Varese - Venegono, Italy

Taken By: Carlo Marcora

Date Taken: 16th December 2021

Italian Army AW169 Light Utility Helicopter [© Leonardo]

Il Gen. Serino a bordo del nuovo elicottero AW-169