European chopper targets U.S. market. (Tech Talk).A modified version of the EH-101 medium-lift helicopter now entering the U.S. military market is touted for being able to climb faster than 1,000 feet per minute, to an altitude of 5,000 feet in 95-degree temperatures with one engine shut down. The three-engine helicopter, designed by the Anglo-Italian team Agusta-Westland has been renamed US-101. Its U.S. partners are Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , of Bethesda, Md., and Bell Helicopter Bell Helicopter Textron is an American helicopter and tiltrotor manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A division of Textron, Bell manufactures military helicopter and tiltrotor products in the United States (primarily in and around Fort Worth as well as in Amarillo, , of Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. . The EH-101 was originally designed to succeed the United Kingdom's H-3 Sea King. It is in service with the U.K. Royal Air Force, Italian Navy Italian Navy may refer to:
The governments of Denmark and Portugal also have placed orders, said an AgustaWestland spokesman. |
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