El tercer y último prototipo del AgustaWestland AW159 Lynx Wildcat (TI3) ha realizado su primer vuelo de prueba desde las instalaciones de Yeovil en el Reino Unido.
Los prototipos TI1 y TI2 ya están realizando ensayos de aviónica y envolvente de vuelo. El TI3 realizará ensayos de misiones de búsqueda y navales.
El primer helicóptero de producción será entregado en 2011 y será plenamente operativo con el ejército británico en 2014 y con la Royal Navy en 2015.
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The third and final AgustaWestland AW159 Lynx Wildcat test aircraft has successfully completed its maiden flight on November 19 at the company’s Yeovil facility in the UK.
The aircraft, designated TI3, will complete a 600 hour integrated flight test programme.
TI1 continues to perform air vehicle and flight envelope testing while TI2 is undertaking the flight testing of the aircraft’s core and mission avionics systems, the systems and software having already been developed and tested on AgustaWestland’s Full Systems Integration Rig (FSIR). TI3’s main task will include undertaking load survey trials and naval development, including ship helicopter operating limit trials.
The first production aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2011 with the aircraft becoming fully operational with the Army in 2014 and the Royal Navy in 2015.
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