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New Zealand Chooses A109 Copter to Replace Sioux
By NICK LEE-FRAMPTON, WELLINGTON
In the contest to provide the Royal New Zealand Air Force with a Training/Light Utility Helicopter (T/LUH) to replace its Bell 47 Sioux, AgustaWestland’s A109 has triumphed over Eurocopter’s EC635.
“The A109 has the advanced technology necessary for training pilots going on to the Seasprite and NH90, which the Sioux simply does not have,” Defence Minister Phil Goff said when he announced the decision Oct. 30.
The variant chosen, the A109LUH, will be equipped with New Zealand-specified radios and is expected to enter service in 2010.
According to the Defence Long-Term Development Plan published last October, “there is some urgency to replace the Sioux … which is expected to occur during 2008.”
Goff previously has said “up to six” T/LUHs would be purchased, but the Cabinet has approved only five, together with a flight training device. Some 110 million New Zealand dollars ($84.3 million) has been allocated to the project, although the financial and other details will be negotiated over the next few months.
Goff said he expects a contract to be signed in the first quarter of next year.
The five A109LUHs will replace five Bell 47 Sioux helicopters the Air Force has operated since 1965. The Sioux now are suitable only for basic pilot training.
In stark comparison, the A109LUH is intended for basic and advanced pilot training, helicopter crewman training, light utility transport, search and rescue, operational support for other government agencies and “operational support for the NH90 during counterterrorist operations.”
Plus, as Goff explained, the A109 “can carry out tasks for which its size makes it more suited and at less expense than using the NH90.”
Wing Commander Ron Thacker, the Air Force’s project manager responsible for introducing the NH90 and A109LUH into service, said the Air Force would have welcomed either the A109 or EC635 as the Sioux replacement. The service is very happy, he said, with the prospect of operating the A109LUH in a light utility role.
“Its speed, [which] is closely aligned to that of the NH90, will make mixed operations easier to manage,” Thacker said. “The selection of a wheeled aircraft [the rival EC635 uses skids] also opens up training and operational opportunities in littoral environments in conjunction with our Navy’s increasingly flight-deck-capable fleet.”
The key transition challenge, Thacker said, “will be at the low end of the training continuum, ensuring that we make effective, affordable use of a complex, twin-engined helicopter for basic training.”
The Air Force’s plan to use the flight training device for about a third of total helicopter training conducted on the A109 is “revolutionary” for the service, he said.
Notable in the official announcement was a declaration that “all future helicopter crews will need to be deck-qualified so they can operate to and from the Project Protector vessels currently being acquired” for the Royal New Zealand Navy. In recent years, the SH-2G Seasprite has been used aboard the Navy’s two Anzac-class frigates, but both Project Protector’s offshore patrol vessels and the multirole ship Canterbury are equipped to conduct helicopter operations.
HMNZS Canterbury, already in service, conducted helicopter interface trials June and August with the Air Force’s UH-1H Iroquois, which the NH90 will replace in 2010, and the Seasprite.
A device known as a remote aircraft mover is used to transition helicopters in and out of the Canterbury’s hangar, a task otherwise performed by winching wires. Canterbury’s aviation capability is expected to reach maturity by September 2008. Further helicopter trials will be held aboard the ship this month.
Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, chief of the Air Force, welcomed the selection of the A109.
“This is excellent news for the Air Force and those that depend on the helicopter support we provide,” he said.
The A109LUH is also operated by Malaysia, South Africa and Sweden. New Zealand Chooses A109 Copter to Replace Sioux
By NICK LEE-FRAMPTON, WELLINGTON
In the contest to provide the Royal New Zealand Air Force with a Training/Light Utility Helicopter (T/LUH) to replace its Bell 47 Sioux, AgustaWestland’s A109 has triumphed over Eurocopter’s EC635.
“The A109 has the advanced technology necessary for training pilots going on to the Seasprite and NH90, which the Sioux simply does not have,” Defence Minister Phil Goff said when he announced the decision Oct. 30.
The variant chosen, the A109LUH, will be equipped with New Zealand-specified radios and is expected to enter service in 2010.
According to the Defence Long-Term Development Plan published last October, “there is some urgency to replace the Sioux … which is expected to occur during 2008.”
Goff previously has said “up to six” T/LUHs would be purchased, but the Cabinet has approved only five, together with a flight training device. Some 110 million New Zealand dollars ($84.3 million) has been allocated to the project, although the financial and other details will be negotiated over the next few months.
Goff said he expects a contract to be signed in the first quarter of next year.
The five A109LUHs will replace five Bell 47 Sioux helicopters the Air Force has operated since 1965. The Sioux now are suitable only for basic pilot training.
In stark comparison, the A109LUH is intended for basic and advanced pilot training, helicopter crewman training, light utility transport, search and rescue, operational support for other government agencies and “operational support for the NH90 during counterterrorist operations.”
Plus, as Goff explained, the A109 “can carry out tasks for which its size makes it more suited and at less expense than using the NH90.”
Wing Commander Ron Thacker, the Air Force’s project manager responsible for introducing the NH90 and A109LUH into service, said the Air Force would have welcomed either the A109 or EC635 as the Sioux replacement. The service is very happy, he said, with the prospect of operating the A109LUH in a light utility role.
“Its speed, [which] is closely aligned to that of the NH90, will make mixed operations easier to manage,” Thacker said. “The selection of a wheeled aircraft [the rival EC635 uses skids] also opens up training and operational opportunities in littoral environments in conjunction with our Navy’s increasingly flight-deck-capable fleet.”
The key transition challenge, Thacker said, “will be at the low end of the training continuum, ensuring that we make effective, affordable use of a complex, twin-engined helicopter for basic training.”
The Air Force’s plan to use the flight training device for about a third of total helicopter training conducted on the A109 is “revolutionary” for the service, he said.
Notable in the official announcement was a declaration that “all future helicopter crews will need to be deck-qualified so they can operate to and from the Project Protector vessels currently being acquired” for the Royal New Zealand Navy. In recent years, the SH-2G Seasprite has been used aboard the Navy’s two Anzac-class frigates, but both Project Protector’s offshore patrol vessels and the multirole ship Canterbury are equipped to conduct helicopter operations.
HMNZS Canterbury, already in service, conducted helicopter interface trials June and August with the Air Force’s UH-1H Iroquois, which the NH90 will replace in 2010, and the Seasprite.
A device known as a remote aircraft mover is used to transition helicopters in and out of the Canterbury’s hangar, a task otherwise performed by winching wires. Canterbury’s aviation capability is expected to reach maturity by September 2008. Further helicopter trials will be held aboard the ship this month.
Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, chief of the Air Force, welcomed the selection of the A109.
“This is excellent news for the Air Force and those that depend on the helicopter support we provide,” he said.
The A109LUH is also operated by Malaysia, South Africa and Sweden.
By NICK LEE-FRAMPTON, WELLINGTON
In the contest to provide the Royal New Zealand Air Force with a Training/Light Utility Helicopter (T/LUH) to replace its Bell 47 Sioux, AgustaWestland’s A109 has triumphed over Eurocopter’s EC635.
“The A109 has the advanced technology necessary for training pilots going on to the Seasprite and NH90, which the Sioux simply does not have,” Defence Minister Phil Goff said when he announced the decision Oct. 30.
The variant chosen, the A109LUH, will be equipped with New Zealand-specified radios and is expected to enter service in 2010.
According to the Defence Long-Term Development Plan published last October, “there is some urgency to replace the Sioux … which is expected to occur during 2008.”
Goff previously has said “up to six” T/LUHs would be purchased, but the Cabinet has approved only five, together with a flight training device. Some 110 million New Zealand dollars ($84.3 million) has been allocated to the project, although the financial and other details will be negotiated over the next few months.
Goff said he expects a contract to be signed in the first quarter of next year.
The five A109LUHs will replace five Bell 47 Sioux helicopters the Air Force has operated since 1965. The Sioux now are suitable only for basic pilot training.
In stark comparison, the A109LUH is intended for basic and advanced pilot training, helicopter crewman training, light utility transport, search and rescue, operational support for other government agencies and “operational support for the NH90 during counterterrorist operations.”
Plus, as Goff explained, the A109 “can carry out tasks for which its size makes it more suited and at less expense than using the NH90.”
Wing Commander Ron Thacker, the Air Force’s project manager responsible for introducing the NH90 and A109LUH into service, said the Air Force would have welcomed either the A109 or EC635 as the Sioux replacement. The service is very happy, he said, with the prospect of operating the A109LUH in a light utility role.
“Its speed, [which] is closely aligned to that of the NH90, will make mixed operations easier to manage,” Thacker said. “The selection of a wheeled aircraft [the rival EC635 uses skids] also opens up training and operational opportunities in littoral environments in conjunction with our Navy’s increasingly flight-deck-capable fleet.”
The key transition challenge, Thacker said, “will be at the low end of the training continuum, ensuring that we make effective, affordable use of a complex, twin-engined helicopter for basic training.”
The Air Force’s plan to use the flight training device for about a third of total helicopter training conducted on the A109 is “revolutionary” for the service, he said.
Notable in the official announcement was a declaration that “all future helicopter crews will need to be deck-qualified so they can operate to and from the Project Protector vessels currently being acquired” for the Royal New Zealand Navy. In recent years, the SH-2G Seasprite has been used aboard the Navy’s two Anzac-class frigates, but both Project Protector’s offshore patrol vessels and the multirole ship Canterbury are equipped to conduct helicopter operations.
HMNZS Canterbury, already in service, conducted helicopter interface trials June and August with the Air Force’s UH-1H Iroquois, which the NH90 will replace in 2010, and the Seasprite.
A device known as a remote aircraft mover is used to transition helicopters in and out of the Canterbury’s hangar, a task otherwise performed by winching wires. Canterbury’s aviation capability is expected to reach maturity by September 2008. Further helicopter trials will be held aboard the ship this month.
Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, chief of the Air Force, welcomed the selection of the A109.
“This is excellent news for the Air Force and those that depend on the helicopter support we provide,” he said.
The A109LUH is also operated by Malaysia, South Africa and Sweden. New Zealand Chooses A109 Copter to Replace Sioux
By NICK LEE-FRAMPTON, WELLINGTON
In the contest to provide the Royal New Zealand Air Force with a Training/Light Utility Helicopter (T/LUH) to replace its Bell 47 Sioux, AgustaWestland’s A109 has triumphed over Eurocopter’s EC635.
“The A109 has the advanced technology necessary for training pilots going on to the Seasprite and NH90, which the Sioux simply does not have,” Defence Minister Phil Goff said when he announced the decision Oct. 30.
The variant chosen, the A109LUH, will be equipped with New Zealand-specified radios and is expected to enter service in 2010.
According to the Defence Long-Term Development Plan published last October, “there is some urgency to replace the Sioux … which is expected to occur during 2008.”
Goff previously has said “up to six” T/LUHs would be purchased, but the Cabinet has approved only five, together with a flight training device. Some 110 million New Zealand dollars ($84.3 million) has been allocated to the project, although the financial and other details will be negotiated over the next few months.
Goff said he expects a contract to be signed in the first quarter of next year.
The five A109LUHs will replace five Bell 47 Sioux helicopters the Air Force has operated since 1965. The Sioux now are suitable only for basic pilot training.
In stark comparison, the A109LUH is intended for basic and advanced pilot training, helicopter crewman training, light utility transport, search and rescue, operational support for other government agencies and “operational support for the NH90 during counterterrorist operations.”
Plus, as Goff explained, the A109 “can carry out tasks for which its size makes it more suited and at less expense than using the NH90.”
Wing Commander Ron Thacker, the Air Force’s project manager responsible for introducing the NH90 and A109LUH into service, said the Air Force would have welcomed either the A109 or EC635 as the Sioux replacement. The service is very happy, he said, with the prospect of operating the A109LUH in a light utility role.
“Its speed, [which] is closely aligned to that of the NH90, will make mixed operations easier to manage,” Thacker said. “The selection of a wheeled aircraft [the rival EC635 uses skids] also opens up training and operational opportunities in littoral environments in conjunction with our Navy’s increasingly flight-deck-capable fleet.”
The key transition challenge, Thacker said, “will be at the low end of the training continuum, ensuring that we make effective, affordable use of a complex, twin-engined helicopter for basic training.”
The Air Force’s plan to use the flight training device for about a third of total helicopter training conducted on the A109 is “revolutionary” for the service, he said.
Notable in the official announcement was a declaration that “all future helicopter crews will need to be deck-qualified so they can operate to and from the Project Protector vessels currently being acquired” for the Royal New Zealand Navy. In recent years, the SH-2G Seasprite has been used aboard the Navy’s two Anzac-class frigates, but both Project Protector’s offshore patrol vessels and the multirole ship Canterbury are equipped to conduct helicopter operations.
HMNZS Canterbury, already in service, conducted helicopter interface trials June and August with the Air Force’s UH-1H Iroquois, which the NH90 will replace in 2010, and the Seasprite.
A device known as a remote aircraft mover is used to transition helicopters in and out of the Canterbury’s hangar, a task otherwise performed by winching wires. Canterbury’s aviation capability is expected to reach maturity by September 2008. Further helicopter trials will be held aboard the ship this month.
Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, chief of the Air Force, welcomed the selection of the A109.
“This is excellent news for the Air Force and those that depend on the helicopter support we provide,” he said.
The A109LUH is also operated by Malaysia, South Africa and Sweden.
新西兰决定采购新的训练 / 轻型多功能直升机以替代老旧的贝尔47，奥古斯塔的A109在招标中击败了Eurocopter的EC635。新西兰防长高夫称采购数量“最多可达6架”，而新西兰内阁只证实了5架的采购方案。A109拥有可以训练NH90和SH-2直升机飞行员的先进技术，而这些都是贝尔47所没有的。新机预计于2010年服役。贝尔47是从1965年开始在皇家新西兰空军服役的，已逾40年。
贝尔47：
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图片来自网络。
A109：
EC635：
图片来自网络。
奇怪的是第二张图中机尾上的国旗貌似是罗马尼亚的，但偶没找到罗马尼亚有装备A109的信息的说……[:a9:]