AW109 LUH Specifications and Features

The AW109 Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has established itself as a best-selling military light-twin helicopter able to satisfy a wide range of military requirements. This ability to fulfil a wide range of missions makes the aircraft a true force multiplier, providing military commanders with excellent operational flexibility. The AW109 LUH is a rugged helicopter with excellent ballistic tolerance, redundancy of systems and crashworthiness for maximum safety and survivability.

Avionics include an advanced digital cockpit, based on 3 AMLCDs and a digital 4-axis AFCS. A vast array of advanced equipment including sophisticated sensors are available. The integrated Mission Equipment Package (MEP) includes day/night and IFR avionics for single or dual pilot operations with a four-axis digital Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS).

The availability of a wide range of mission equipment makes the LUH a real multi-role helicopter, able to perform all light helicopter roles including training, troop transport, medical evacuation, search and rescue, maritime patrol, observation, armed escort and anti-armour. In addition, the AW109 LUH can also be armed with rocket pods, machine gun pods, pintled mounted machine guns, anti-tank and air-to-air missiles.

Equipment

• Bleed air heater
• Pilot / co-pilot armoured seats
• Crashworthy fuel system
• Self sealing fuel tanks
• Reinforced windshields
• Engine air particle separators
• 1 or 2 longitudinal stretcher installation
• Single or dual external cargo hook (1000 kg / 500 kg)
• Rescue hoist (272 kg / 600 lbs)
• Emergency floats
• Rotor brake
• Engine fire extinguishers
• External loudspeakers
• FLIR / LLTV
• Laser warning
• Missile approach warning system
• Radar warning
• Searchlight
• Rear view mirror
• Snow skis / slump protection pads
• Windshield wipers
• Wire strike protection system

Avionics

• Flight Management System
• Radio Management System
• VHF-UHF / AM-FM radio
• HF / SSB radio
• ADF
• DME
• GPS
• Doppler Velocity Sensor
• AHRS
• Stormscope
• IFF Transponder
• Radar altimeter
• ELT system
• VOR / ILS
• Digital Map Generator
• ICS

Armament

• Rocket launcher 7/12/19 tubes 70 mm
• Twin machine gun-pod 7.62 mm
• Machine gun-pod 12.7 mm
• Machine gun-pod 12.7 mm with 3 tubes 70 mm rockets
• Antitank missiles (TOW, HOT or Hellfire)
• Air-to-air missiles (Stinger or Mistral)