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The Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca-developed RTM322 turboshaft is well into produc
tion and enjoying significant sales success on the AgustaWestland EH101 and
NH Industries NH90. The total requirement is estimated at up to 1,300 engines for
all programmes, and the 300th production RTM322 was completed in mid-2001.
The turboshaft ...
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 ...werplant
Success in engine competition could bring additional sales as helicopter likely to be chosen for SAR and CSAR needs
The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) is
preparing to select an engine for
14 AgustaWestland EH101 heli
copters being acquired by the
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
OMSDF) from 2006.
Victory in the powerplant com
petition could open the door to sig
nificant additional ...
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 ...ring whether to offer the NH
Industries NH90 for the US Air Force's
combat search-and-rescue requirement,
but again it would need to work through a
US prime, as potential competitors include
the AgustaWestland EH101, with system
integrator Lockheed Martin as the prime
and Bell Helicopter as the US manufactur
ing partner, the Bell Boeing V-22 and the
Sikorsky H-92.
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EVALUATION BRENDAN SOBIE / SINGAPORE
South Korea tests EH101 and S-92
South Korea is evaluating the
AgustaWestland EH101 and
Sikorsky S-92 this month in a
quick-moving competition to
select a new presidential helicopter.
Industry sources say an evaluation
team was in Connecticut last week
to l...
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 ...OCUREMENT BRENDAN SOBIE / SINGAPORE
KHI forges engine manufacturing deal
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) plans to manufacture
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 engines in Japan as
part of a sale of 14 AgustaWestland EH101s to the
Japan Defence Agency (JDA).
The JDA picked the RTM322 over the General Electric
T700AT6A1 for its new fleet of EH 101 s, giving Rolls-
Royce Turbomeca its first non-Eur...
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 ...g in Oman, while in
the longer term Qatar
will need to replace ageing
Westland Commandos.
Earlier this year the former
chief of the Royal Air
Force of Oman said the
country is considering the
AgustaWestland EH101,
NH Industries NH90 and
Sikorsky S-92. Industry
observers say the EH101 is
likely to attract Gulf cus
tomers with WIP require
ments because of its three-
engine configuratio...
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ROLLS-ROYCE TURBOMECA
The RTM322 developed by Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca is offered on the
AgustaWestland EH101, NH Industries NH90 and the Boeing-derived Westland
Apache. Total requirement is estimated at 1,300 engines. Over 80 engines have
been installed, and 1,100 RTM322s have so far b...
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 .... One industry official says
the ministry "is questioning the
options" and the NH90's suitability
as an SAR machine.
The ministry issued a request for
information (RFI) earlier this year
on the AgustaWestland EH101,
NH90 and Sikorsky S-92, and has
followed with a series of question
naires. A demonstration was held at
Oslo's Gardermoen airport earlier
this year, but only AgustaWestland
...
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 ...IN BRIEF
FIRST FLIGHT
Boeing flew the first increased
gross weight 747-400ER on 31
July from its Everett factory at
Paine Field, north of Seattle.
The aircraft is one of two 747-
400ERs that wil...
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 ...DEFENCE
HELICOPTERS BRENDAN SOBIE / SINGAPORE
Taiwan offered early CH-53X deal
Special budget could provide funding for Sikorsky heavylifter, with Chinook and EH101 hovering as alternatives
Taiwan...
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 ... pointing out that much of the bud
get will be allocated to BMD and the start of
C-X and P-X production. "My impression is
it will move out a couple of years."
Sources believe the Kawasaki-built
AgustaWestland EH101, selected last year
for a 14-aircraft requirement, may be the
last new aircraft programme for several
years and would not have been added
under the current budget environment....
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 ... UK
company's Sapphire engineering
asset management system to sup
port 400 of its CH-47 Chinook
transport helicopters.
Already in service with the UK's
Royal Air Force and Royal Navy
fleets of AgustaWestland EH101
Merlin HC3 and HM1 helicopters,
the Sapphire system could also
have future applications with the
US Army's Boeing AH-64 Apache
attack and Sikorsky UH-60 Black
Hawk utility h...
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 ...HEADLINES
DEFENCE
Air 9000
inquiries clear
probes breach
allegations
Two investigations into alleged
probity breaches on Australia's
Air 9000 military helicopter ratio
nalisation project have...
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 ...DEFENCE
TENDER
Hungary
seeks Gripen
armaments
Hungary's ministry of defence
will later this month issue a 28
billion forint ($135 million) tender
to acquire a package of air-to-air
and air-to...
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 .... Agusta's increased role in
the programme is "all part of the
original plan", says Redenbaugh.
"They are a central player in the suc
cess of the BA609."
While Bell's agreement to assem
ble the AgustaWestland EH101 in
the USA as the Lockheed Martin
US101 is focused for now on the US
presidential transport requirement,
Redendbaugh sees its relationship
with both companies as "strong and ...
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 ...he digital
interrogation of the running engine set up on its test stand.
The cabin, to be used by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, will
test the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 engine used in the
AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin. Tests range from flight idle speed to
full power. •
The company's product manager, Patrick Fourcampre-Maye, says
the wheeled cabin is a major improvement over the modul...
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 ...hile Canada's 1960s-era SH-3 Sea
King helicopters became steadily more dif
ficult to sustain, and are now frequently
grounded. The government is expecting to
receive bids this month based on the
AgustaWestland EH101 and Sikorsky S-92
for the C$3 billion MHP award.
Surprising observers, government con
tracting officers eliminated a bid based on
the NH Industries NH90 before the three
comp...
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 ...he bolted, semi-rigid rotorhead, actuators,
controls and composite rotor blades are the
same as on the RN's Lynx HMA8.
Canada's Bombardier did much of the
structural design work as offset for an
AgustaWestland EH101 Cormorant search-
and-rescue helicopter sale to the Canadian
Forces. Byham says the redesign has
allowed some "clean-up" of the engine
deck and load carrying structure followin...
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 ...litary variant of the
S-92 civil transport helicopter and
concluded a deal with General
Electric to develop the more power
ful CT7-8C for the machine as it
prepares to again compete against
the AgustaWestland EH101 in a
series of critical US and interna
tional military competitions.
The principal difference between
the H-92 and its civil sister will be
the installation of twin uprated
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