Upgrades enabling Royal Navy Commando Merlin helicopters to embark in and operate from vessels anywhere in the world in support of 3 Commando Brigade – a capability called littoral strike – have ...
LONDON—The UK Royal Navy has declared full operational capability (FOC) with its Leonardo AW/EH101 Merlin Mk. 4 fleet of amphibious assault helicopters. The £399 million ($496 million ...
At present the RN uses the Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin – a platform due to be retired in 2040 – for anti-submarine warfare missions. Leonardo says it will also use Proteus to develop ...