The procurement arm of the UK MoD, DE&S and Leonardo have announced that the upgraded Royal Navy Commando Merlin helicopters ...

UK defence officials have declared full operating capability (FOC) status for the Royal Navy's fleet of upgraded Leonardo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joint Base Andrews and the VH-3D Sea King: behind-the-scenes of American history. As everybody knows by now, the inauguration ...

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 ...

Original plans in the 2000s were to see the legacy types replaced by the VH-71 Kestrel, a development of the AW101 Merlin helicopter backed by Lockheed Martin, which had initially beaten Sikorsky ...