Showing posts with label British Attack Helicopter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Attack Helicopter. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Super Lynx UK Multi-role Helicopter

Super Lynx UK Multi-role HelicopterThe Super Lynx is the consign adaptation of the Lynx helicopter from AgustaWestland (formerly GKN Westland Helicopters). The UK Royal Navy is able with the Lynx HMA Mark 8 helicopters and the UK Army with AH Mk 7 and AH Mk 9 Lynx advance / advance helicopters.

The argosy Super Lynx is a multi-role helicopter for anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, seek and accomplishment and account operations.

Over 200 argosy Lynx helicopters are operational with 11 navies and are action accurate in several above conflicts including Operation Iraqi Freedom in March / April 2003. Over 200 Lynx advance / advance helicopters accept aswell been produced.

The Lynx airframe is complete of blended and ablaze alloy. The non-retractable tricycle-type landing accessory is advised for the helicopter to accomplish from baby ships in Sea State 6 and appearance oleo-pneumatic struts, which blot the shock of a 6ft/s coast rate.

A hydraulically operated harpoon deck-lock accepting arrangement secures the helicopter to the deck. The capital auto can be towed out, acceptance the aircraft to about-face into the wind while the deck-lock harpoon charcoal engaged. This removes the charge for the address to change course.

The berth amplitude of about 5.2m³ can board up to nine troops. Up to 1,360kg of burden can be underslung from an alien burden angle for ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship replenishment.

Sea Skua is an all-weather anti-ship missile developed by MBDA (formerly Matra BAe Dynamics) to accommodate medium- and all-embracing defence. Countries deploying the Sea Skua missile cover the UK, Bahrain, Germany, South Korea, Brazil and Turkey. Malaysian Navy Super Lynx 300 will aswell be armed with Sea Skua. The Lynx carries four Sea Skua missiles. The ambit of both the semi-active radar-guided Sea Skua missile and the Seaspray alarm is about 25km, which gives a stand-off adequacy to the Lynx helicopter.

Super Lynx can backpack a ambit of abyss charges, including the Mark 11 abyss charges, and torpedoes, including the Mark 44, Mark 46, the A244S and the Stingray torpedoes.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Tornado GR4 all-Weather Attack Aircraft

Tornado GR4 all-Weather Attack AircraftTornado GR4 all-Weather Attack AircraftTornado GR4 all-Weather Attack Aircraft
The Tornado GR4 is a variable geometry, two-seat, day or night, all-weather attack aircraft capable of delivering a wide variety of weapons. Powered by two Rolls-Royce RB 199 Mk 103 turbofan engines, the GR4 is capable of low-level supersonic flight and can sustain a high subsonic cruise speed. The aircraft can fly automatically at low level terrain following radar (TFR), when bad weather prevents visual flight.

The aircraft also is equipped with Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) and night vision goggles (NVG) compatible. This gives a relatively unique ability to weather all night, and it is an impressive platform for mounting the electro-optical passive night operations. For navigation purposes, the Tornado is equipped with an integrated Global Positioning Inertial Navigation (GPINS).

The GR4 also has a ground radar map (GMR) to identify and correct any points for updating navigation systems as well as provide an air to air search tool. The GR4 also equipped with a Laser Ranger and Marked Target Seeker (LRMTS) that can be used to locate targets on the ground or designated to provide accurate information to the range of ground targets.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Buccaneer UK Fighter Jet

Buccaneer UK Fighter JetBuccaneer UK Fighter Jet


The buccaneer is a UK jet fighter with 2 seats, developed for the Royal Navy for aircraft carriers. With the withdrawal of conventional, fixed-wing aircraft in 1978, the buccaneers were replaced on aircraft carriers. After being used only as a fighter of the land base for maritime missions. In 1980 came the first of the three current aircraft carriers in service with the Royal Navy and the Harrier fighter jet.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

A-129 Mangusta Multi-role Attack Helicopter

A-129 Mangusta Multi-role Attack HelicopterA-129 Mangusta Multi-role Attack Helicopter
The Mangusta A-129 is a multi-role attack helicopter developed by the British, the Italian company Agusta Westland. The new version is the A-129 Mangusta International, modernize the Mangusta A-129, but in a new combat settings. In 1999 the Italian Army ordered 15 new A-129 Mangusta helicopters in the configuration of new combat (CBT). The first was delivered to the Italian army on October 15, 2002.

The Italian Army had 45 A-129 Mangusta helicopters. The Italian army was to update the Agusta Westland 45 Mangusta A-129 helicopters to the new combat settings.
The helicopter can be used for armored reconnaissance and surveillance missions, escort missions, mission of fire support and air threat suppression missions. The helicopter is armed with:
Air-to-air missiles (Stinger or Mistral)
Anti-Tank Missile (TOW or hell)
12.7 mm machine gun-pod
70/81 mm rocket launcher
20 mm gun towers
Italy has used the A-129 during the UN missions in Somalia and Angola.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

A-109 Agusta light-weight military helicopter

A-109 Agusta light-weight military helicopterA-109 Agusta light-weight military helicopter

The A-109 is a aerial achievement accompanying helicopter, one of the best acknowledged in its chic during the advance of its 25 year history.

The aboriginal of four A-109 prototypes flew on August 4 1971. VFR acceptance was awarded on June 1 1975 although alternation assembly had already amorphous in 1974. Aboriginal assembly deliveries took abode in backward 1976. The helicopter was originally called Hirundo, but this name was after dropped. Single pilot IFR acceptance was accepted in January 1977.