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AW101 (EH101) ; Merlin
	Bentuk dari AgustaWestland AW101
Jenis	Transportasi laut, pencarian dan penyelamatan, maupun kendaraan terbang pribadi
Negara asal	Britania Raya/ Italy
Pembuat	Agusta; Westland Helicopters; AgustaWestland; Finmeccanica; Leonardo S.p.A.
Penerbangan perdana	9 Oktober 1987
Diperkenalkan	1999
Status	masih Produksi
Pengguna utama	Royal Navy; Royal Air Force (sejarah) ; Italian Navy ; Royal Danish Air Force
Dibuat	1990-sekarang
Harga satuan	€ 28 juta (Rp476,73 Miliar)
Varian	AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant ; Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel

AgustaWestland AW101 adalah helikopter menengah yang digunakan dalam militer dan sipil. Helikopter ini dikembangkan secara joint venture antara Westland Helicopters di Inggris dan Agusta di Italy dan dinamakan EH101 sampai 2007. Pembuatan helikopter ini berada pada pabrik di Yeovil, England dan Vergiate, Italy.

Helikopter ini menggantikan banyak helikopter tua seperti Sikorsky S-61 pada role ukuran medium transport dan persenjataan anti kapal selam.

Spesifikasi (Merlin HM1)

Karakteristik umum

Kru: 3-4
Kapasitas: 8 tentara atau 4 tandu (dengan sonar dihapus) [ 136 ]
Panjang: 19,53 m panjang-pesawat (64 ft 1 in)
Diameter rotor: 18,59 m (61 ft 0 in)
Tinggi: 6.62 m (21 ft 8 ¾ in)
Daerah Disc: 271,51 m² (2,992.5 ft ²)
Berat kosong: 10.500 kg (£ 23.149)
Max. berat lepas landas: 14.600 kg (£ 32.188)
Powerplant: 3 × Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 -01 turboshafts, 1.566 kW (2.100 shp ) (power take-off) masing-masing

Prestasi

Tidak pernah melebihi kecepatan: 309 km / h (167 knot, 192 mph)
Cruise speed: 278 km / h (150 knot, 167 mph)
Rentang: 833 km (450 nm, [ 158 ] 517 mil)
Ketahanan: 5 jam
Layanan langit-langit: 4.575 m (15.000 kaki)

Persenjataan

Bom: 4 × Sting Ray homing torpedo atau bom peledak kedalaman

Avionics

Smiths Industries OMI September 20 sistem dual-redundant penerbangan digital kontrol otomatis
Sistem navigasi:
- BAE Systems LINS 300 cincin gyro laser yang, Litton Italia LISA-4000 strapdown AHRS
Radar:
- Selex Galileo Biru Kestrel 5000 radar pengawasan maritim
ECM
- Racal Jeruk Reaper ESM
Sonar
- AQS-903 prosesor akustik Thomson Marconi Sonar
- Aktif / pasif sonobuoys
- Thomson Sintra FLASH mencelupkan sonar array yang

Referensi

^ "Finmeccanica Approves Merger And Spin-Off Operations For The Implementation of The Divisionalisation Process". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 8 August 2016. Diakses tanggal 16 June 2016.
^ AgustaWestland 2008, p. 1.

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