Leonardo delivers 10th search and rescue helicopter to Norway

Air

19 March 2021

By: Liam Garman

Leonardo delivers 10th search and rescue helicopter to Norway

Leonardo delivered its 10th search and rescue helicopter to Norway as part of a 16 vehicle agreement in 2013.

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Leonardo confirmed that it has provided the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security with its 10th AW101 All-Weather Search and Rescue (AWSAR) helicopter.

The recent announcement formed part of an agreement between Leonardo and the Ministry for the delivery of 16 aircraft. The final batch of helicopters are being manufactured in Yeovil, UK.

Leonardo confirmed that the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s 330 squadron has undertaken some 200 flight hours in the aircraft, typically on search and rescue missions.

Test pilot for the helicopter Lee Evans noted that the equipment was an important tool in these missions.

“The AW101 NAWSARH is simply the most capable long range search and rescue helicopter on the planet. In the most extreme conditions it can utilise the range and onboard suite of integrated ‘latest generation’ sensors to reach, find, rescue, care for and recover survivors back to safety,” Evans said.

Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

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