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Smith Myers & AugustaWestland Aviation Services Announce Partnership
Smith Myers and AgustaWestland Aviation Services (AWAS) recently formed a partnership to bring Smith Myers ARTEMIS mobile phone detection, location and communication systems to existing Leonardo’s helicopter users in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The announcement was made at the International Search & Rescue Conference & Exhibition, held from 12 to 14 February in Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi-based AWAS provide a combination of engineering and maintenance expertise that will offer current Leonardo’s helicopter users a one-stop-shop for the procurement, integration, certification, commissioning, training and support of ARTEMIS onto existing Leonardo’s helicopter offering retrofit programs in the region.
“With over 200 Leonardo helicopters in service in the region and with AWAS involvement in comprehensive upgrade programmes with major customers in the region, the partnership will provide Leonardo’s operators simplified access to this unique technology. We see the MENA region as a significant market for our airborne ARTEMIS suite of systems,” said Andrew Munro, Managing Director of Smith Myers.
Smith Myers’ ARTEMIS suite of SAR products has been saving lives around the world. It was most recently selected for major UK, European and North American SAR and Coast Guard Programs. The National Search and Rescue Centre (NSRC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) also selected ARTEMIS for installation across their fleet of Search & Rescue Helicopters. ARTEMIS is also deployed worldwide in Maritime Patrol, Border Control, Aerial Firefighting and Natural Disasters.
“This partnership will build on the success of the UAE National Search & Rescue Centre program, where AWAS installed the ARTEMIS systems onto the existing fleet of NSRC AW139s,” explained Angelo Vincenzo Carlino, AWAS’ Managing Director.
With nearly 1,200 AW139s in service worldwide, nearing four million flight hours for multiple roles with around 190 customers in over 80 countries, the intermediate-twin type has proven a significant force in the Middle East, with several aircraft dedicated to emergency medical service and search and rescue duties across the region. The addition of the ARTEMIS system as a customer option would further enhance the capabilities of the AW139 to carry out critical life-saving missions in this geography.
ARTEMIS has been designed to accurately locate mobile telephones in a challenging airborne environment using only two small antennas. It can detect a phone at extended ranges of up to 35 km and provides unique capabilities such as mass-mapping and geofencing to minimise crew workload.
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