OTTAWA, Canada. May 28, 202 — Smith Myers ARTEMIS has been selected to be integrated on the RCAF CH-149 Cormorant Search and Rescue Helicopter Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project. The Smith Myers’ ARTEMIS Mobile Phone Detection Location System has been chosen to be a key component of the upgrade. The CMLU Project aims to transition Canada’s Leer másSmith Myers ARTEMIS selected for RCAF CH-149 Mid-Life Upgrade[…]
Halifax, N.S., 28 April, 2023 – Leonardo awards a sub-contract to IMP Aerospace & Defence to undertake the upgrade of 13 in-service CH-149 (AW101) Cormorant Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters at its facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This agreement, announced at an event on 27 April, with Canada’s Minister of Defence, the Honorable Anita Anand Leer másLeonardo sub-contract IMP Aerospace for CH-149 upgrade[…]
The Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded to Leonardo (through Leonardo U.K. Ltd of Yeovil) a $1 billion CAN (€690 million) contract for the CH-149 Cormorant (AW101) 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 Leer másLeonardo CH-149 Cormorant helicopter Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU)[…]
ASTORIA, Oregon — A RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) CH-149 Cormorant helicopter aircrew visited the USCG Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Wednesday. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria personnel welcomed a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-149 Cormorant helicopter aircrew from the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, 19 Wing Commex in British Columbia, Canada. During the visit, they Leer másRCAF CH-149 Cormorant aircrew visits USCG Air Station Astoria[…]
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard, and other agencies, rescue three people and a dog Tuesday from a sinking vessel in Echo Bay on Sucia Island. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at 2 p.m. Tuesday of a 57-foot vessel taking on water after it struck rocks Leer másUS and Canadian Coast Guard, rescue 3 people and 1 dog[…]
On May 30 (2022), the Government of Canada announced a contract for Bell Textron Canada to extend the life the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) fleet of 85 CH‑146 Griffon helicopters until the mid-2030s. “Since 1992 when the Griffon procurement was originally awarded, Bell has remained a key partner to the Canadian Air Force. For Leer másBell to modernize RCAF CH-146 Griffon helicopter fleet[…]
BOSTON – Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz presented the aircrew Awards Ceremony at Air Station Cape Cod due the rescue of 31 fishermen in only one mission. The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) rescued the 31 fishermen from a disabled, Canadian vessel over 130 nautical miles Leer másCoast Guard rescue 31 fishermen: the aircrews Awards Ceremony[…]
Roma, mayo de 2021 — La flota global del helicóptero trimotor, de 15,6 toneladas (MGW), Leonardo AW101 ha superado las 500 mil horas de vuelo (FH). Actualmente son casi 200 las unidades de la plataforma en servicio para más de 10 clientes en más de diez países, distribuidos en cuatro continentes. Hoy Leonardo tiene pedidos de Leer másEl Leonardo AW101 supera las 500 mil horas de vuelo[…]
BOSTON— The USCG, Canadian Coast Guard and RCAF rescue 31 fishermen from a disabled, Canadian fishing vessel over 130 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tuesday night. At 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard First District Command Center that the 143-foot vessel, Atlantic Destiny, was Leer másUSCG, Canadian CG and RCAF rescue 31 fishermen from sinking vessel off Nova Scotia[…]
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued one fisherman from a lifeboat early Tuesday morning after a 66-foot commercial fishing vessel began to take on water about 85 miles offshore of Cape Flattery with three people aboard, and is searching for the other two missing fishers. Watchstanders at multiple Coast Guard units received a VHF radio hail Leer másCoast Guard rescues 1 and continues search after fishing vessel floods 85 miles off Cape Flattery, WA[…]