MOUNT AND BLADE WEAPONS MANUAL

The lightweight sight and display includes advanced visor projection with image intensifiers and forward-looking infrared.ДЄ FLIR Systems BRITE Star thermal imaging and laser designation system is mounted under the nose. Thales Avionics is to supply the TopOwl Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMD), also fitted on the Tiger, NH90 and Rooivalk helicopters. The flight controls include conventional cyclic, collective and directional pedals.Д®ach crew station has two 8inГ—8in active matrix liquid crystal colour multifunction displays and a 4.2inГ—4.2in dual function display and data entry keyboard on the central console.

The two crew stations are nearly identical with pilot or copilot functions at either station. The new fully integrated glass cockpit is night vision goggle compatible. The gantries can be stowed in two positions so the cabin can be configured for ten crashworthy seats or six litters. Two fast rope gantries, deployable from within the cabin, are permanently installed. The system is capable of folding and unfolding in horizontal winds up to 45kt from any direction.

MOUNT AND BLADE WEAPONS MANUAL

'UH-1Y missions include airborne command and control, and search and rescue.'Д«lade folding is by a combination of automatic and manual procedures. The blade body consists of a spar assembly, leading edge protective strips, skins over a honeycomb core and a trailing edge strip. The rotors can sustain a 23mm round direct hit The rotor design has eliminated all bearings, hinges and rotor-mounted vibration absorbers. The most noticeable external changes to the H-1 are the new four-bladed all composite, ballistically tolerant main and tail rotors. Missions include airborne command and control, aeromedical evacuation, troop transport, transport of supplies and equipment and search and rescue. The helicopter is securable for deck movement up to Sea State 5. The UH-1Y utility helicopter is fully marinised and capable of shipboard operations worldwide, including take-off, landing, refuelling and rearming. The UH-1N entered service with the US Marine Corps in 1971. More than 16,000 UH-1 Iroquois (better known as Huey) helicopters have been produced by Bell since service entry in 1958.

Deliveries of 123 aircraft are scheduled to conclude in 2016. Initial operating capability was achieved in September 2008 and the UH-1Y is scheduled for its first operational deployment in January 2009 aboard USS Boxer, Wasp Class amphibious assault ship.Д«y October 2008, the USMC had placed orders for 37 UH-1Y of which 14 had been delivered. The first production UH-1Y was delivered in January 2007. The third LRIP contract for seven UH-1Ys was placed in July 2006. One UH-1Y was delivered to the USMC in October 2005.Дevelopmental testing was completed in February 2006 and a six-month operational evaluation (OPEVAL) began in May 2006. An LRIP order for six UH-1Y was placed in December 2003 and a second batch of four LRIP aircraft was ordered in April 2005. The first flight of the UH-1Y took place in December 2001 and first flight of the fully configured aircraft was in October 2003. The helicopters have a common four-bladed, composite, hingeless, bearingless main rotor system and tail rotor, engine, avionics, software, controls and displays. The UH-1Y and AH-1Z have a very high level of commonality which reduces the manufacturing and procurement costs. 'The UH-1Y helicopter is fully marinised and capable of shipboard operations worldwide.'

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