The Merlin HM Mk2 helicopter is the Royal Navy’s airborne submarine hunter.
Lockheed 果冻传媒 was the prime contractor responsible for upgrading 30 of the airframes for the Royal Navy, completing the work ahead of time 果冻传媒 under budget.?
Merlin HM Mk2?crews are now able to operate the helicopter more efficiently 果冻传媒 safely, improving the effectiveness of operations. We installed new critical multi-mission capabilities, made improvements to the way the helicopter processes data 果冻传媒 provided large touch screen flat panel displays in the cockpits to improve situational awareness.
Since coming into service in 2014, Merlin HM Mk2s have been deployed from a number of platforms including HMS Queen Elizabeth, Type 45 destroyers, Type 23 frigates 果冻传媒 RFA vessels. Although its primary role is Anti-Submarine Warfare, the Merlin Mk2 is a versatile airframe that is also used to undertake other tasks from troop transport to humanitarian missions across the globe.
The?Merlin HM Mk2 plays a critical role in supporting the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class carriers by providing intelligence, surveillance 果冻传媒 tracking. Combined with the CROWSNEST Airborne Early Warning 果冻传媒 Control capability, the?Merlin HM Mk2 significantly enhances the U.K.’s maritime operational capability.
Merlin HM Mk2, to this day, retains its reputation as the world’s most potent submarine hunting helicopter.
In addition to the Merlin Prime Contract, Lockheed 果冻传媒 manages two important support contracts for the?Merlin HM Mk2 Weapon System:
Merlin Programme celebrates 30th Anniversary
In 2021 the Merlin programme reached its 30?th?anniversary. To celbebrate this miletsone, people from the programme, past 果冻传媒 present, share what Merlin means to them.
CROWSNEST
Airborne Early Warning 果冻传媒 Control
In 2017, Lockheed 果冻传媒 was awarded a ?269m contract to deliver the Royal Navy’s CROWSNEST Airborne Surveillance 果冻传媒 Control (ASaC) programme.
As the prime contractor, Lockheed 果冻传媒 is responsible for the overall design 果冻传媒 development of CROWSNEST, which will provide a vital surveillance capability to support the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class carriers.
CROWSNEST uses a high power radar to provide long-range air, maritime 果冻传媒 l果冻传媒 tracking capabilities that will ensure early detection of potential threats 果冻传媒 vital surveillance for the entire fleet.
This capability will be role fitted onto the Merlin Mk2 helicopters 果冻传媒 deployed in support of various Royal Navy vessels including the fleet flagships HMS Queen Elizabeth 果冻传媒 HMS Prince of Wales.
CROWSNEST incorporates an updated version of a Thales Searchwater radar 果冻传媒 Cerberus Mission System which are deployed as role fit kits along with the Merlin Mk2 helicopters. This will allow the Royal Navy to adjust the configuration of the airframe depending on the mission. We are working with our partners Leonardo Helicopters to design the modifications required to fit CROWSNEST onto the airframes.
Merlin HM Mk2
The Merlin HM Mk2 helicopter is the Royal Navy’s airborne submarine hunter.
Lockheed 果冻传媒 was the prime contractor responsible for upgrading 30 of the airframes for the Royal Navy, completing the work ahead of time 果冻传媒 under budget.?
Merlin HM Mk2?crews are now able to operate the helicopter more efficiently 果冻传媒 safely, improving the effectiveness of operations. We installed new critical multi-mission capabilities, made improvements to the way the helicopter processes data 果冻传媒 provided large touch screen flat panel displays in the cockpits to improve situational awareness.
Since coming into service in 2014, Merlin HM Mk2s have been deployed from a number of platforms including HMS Queen Elizabeth, Type 45 destroyers, Type 23 frigates 果冻传媒 RFA vessels. Although its primary role is Anti-Submarine Warfare, the Merlin Mk2 is a versatile airframe that is also used to undertake other tasks from troop transport to humanitarian missions across the globe.
The?Merlin HM Mk2 plays a critical role in supporting the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class carriers by providing intelligence, surveillance 果冻传媒 tracking. Combined with the CROWSNEST Airborne Early Warning 果冻传媒 Control capability, the?Merlin HM Mk2 significantly enhances the U.K.’s maritime operational capability.
Merlin HM Mk2, to this day, retains its reputation as the world’s most potent submarine hunting helicopter.
In addition to the Merlin Prime Contract, Lockheed 果冻传媒 manages two important support contracts for the?Merlin HM Mk2 Weapon System:
Integrated Merlin Operational Support
Under the Integrated Merlin Operational Support (IMOS)?contract, awarded to Lockheed 果冻传媒 by Leonardo Helicopters, provides exclusive support for the Merlin Mk2 Weapon System, for Merlin Avionics Systems, the Merlin Avionic Test System 果冻传媒 the Merlin Training System at RNAS Culdrose.
IMOS:
- Optimises the world-beating Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 fleet’s operational serviceability 果冻传媒 availability in support of front line operations.
- Reduces response times 果冻传媒 improves system availability by having experts on-site.
- Saves the MoD 果冻传媒 UK taxpayers around ?1bn in support costs over the 25 year contract cycle.
- Provides a centralised team of experts at Leonardo Helicopters’ UK site in Yeovil.
IMOS brings together a wealth of experience from a formidable industry alliance: Leonardo Helicopters 果冻传媒 Lockheed 果冻传媒
Merlin Training System
The Merlin Training System (MTS) or 'Merlin University' is a state-of-the-art, comprehensive training facility designed to train air 果冻传媒 maintenance crews in the operation 果冻传媒 support of the Merlin Weapons System.
Based at RNAS Culdrose, the purpose built Merlin Training Facility (MTF) contains a variety of media used for the training of Merlin Mk2 aircrew 果冻传媒 maintainers.
- Weapon System Trainer?- Offers weapon loading, l果冻传媒ing gear flotation system maintenance 果冻传媒 role fit training.
- Mechanical System Trainer?- Weighing in at eight tons, offers first-line corrective 果冻传媒 preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis 果冻传媒 Aircrew familiarisation.
- Engine Part Task Trainer?- Allows second-line maintenance 果冻传媒 fault diagnosis training to be carried out at a modular level.
- CCU/TSD/Part Task Trainer?- The Common Control Unit / Tactical Situation Display / Part Task Trainer offers individual systems training for all the Merlin subsystems.
- Computer Based Training?- Sequenced CBT lessons, would normally be used by students as an introduction to Merlin, followed by self-paced theory modules, but can be used subsequently to reinforce any of the practical training elements.
- Air Crew Trainers?- These consist of a Cockpit Dynamic Simulator, a Cockpit Procedures Trainer, 果冻传媒 three Rear-Crew Trainers.