The Mk4/4a variant is optimised for ship storage, featuring a folding main rotor and tail, and improved capabilities for Commando operations.

A radar warning system built for Royal Navy helicopters is going to be scrapped soon. The Crowsnest airborne early warning ...

The procurement arm of the UK MoD, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), and Leonardo have announced that the upgraded Royal ...

UK defence officials have declared full operating capability (FOC) status for the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) fleet of upgraded Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin Mk4/4a rotorcraft. Delivered via a £ ...

LONDON—The UK Royal Navy has declared full operational capability (FOC) with its Leonardo AW/EH101 Merlin Mk. 4 fleet of amphibious assault helicopters. The £399 million ($496 million ...

Having briefly left the Royal Navy in 2017, Lt Cdr Spooner dropped down a rank and rejoined RNAS Culdrose as a Royal Navy reservist. He has spent the last seven years with 824 Naval Air Squadron, ...

Featuring a redesigned flight deck to operate the latest Merlin helicopters as well as increased storage and accommodation facilities, the OPVs build on the proven capability of the Royal Navy’s ...

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was forced to surface ... Tidesurge joined forces with a specialised submarine hunting Merlin helicopter called Swordfish Flight. Lieutenant Commander Mike Curd ...

Lieutenant George Day, a pilot of a Royal Navy Commando Merlin Mk4 helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron, said: “UK aid and relief stores are held on Argus and we have been flying them from ...