AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announces that the first Italian Navy serial production NH90 took to the air on Thursday the 15th of December at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility in Italy. The flight started at 16.00, lasting 35 minutes.
In the frame of the NH90 Programme work-share, AgustaWestland is responsible of the overall integration of the NH90 naval mission system for all NH90 NFH variants.
The NH90 NFH variant is primarily designed for autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Anti Surface Warfare (ASuW) missions. Additional applications include vertical replenishment, maritime patrol, SAR and troop transport. The helicopter is designed for day & night/adverse weather/severe ship motion environment operations. Due to its weight and dimensions and particularly to the automatic blade and tail folding system, it can operate from/to small frigates.
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