Feature 4 | HELICOPTER HANDLING
Small ship helo ops challenge recovery
capability
As representatives of helicopter handling system manufacturers explained
to Warship Technology in February, the naval helicopter handling market
is ‘lively’ at present, mainly as a result of several new frigate programmes
in Europe and the Far East, plus, of course, major programmes in the US,
such as the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
T
he market for helicopter handling he believes that navies offered these systems One of the key requirements highlighted
technology is also changing, having should beware of poor quality copies that by Mr Bevan and by other well-known
been the exclusive province of a have neither the same intrinsic design manufacturers of helicopter handling
number of well-known manufacturers features nor the same level of manufacturing systems is the need for helo handling
– such as McTaggart Scott, Curtiss-Wright as the originals. technology that requires less manpower to
Controls (which acquired Indal Technologies Currently, McTaggart Scott is operate it, thus helping to make modern
in 2005), DCN, and FHS in Germany. manufacturing Trigon systems for the warships more affordable to operate, with
However, in recent years new manufacturers Lockheed Martin version of the LCS, reduced complements.
have appeared, many producing ‘clones’ of systems for the new frigate programme Mr Bevan highlighted the fact that
well-known systems such as Trigon, or the at Odense shipyard for the Royal Danish McTaggart Scott’s Trigon helicopter
DCN Samahe system. Navy, along with systems for the Royal New handling system – one of the best known
Alan Bevan, business development Zealand Navy, and for export vessels for systems on the market – continues to evolve
manager at McTaggart Scott in the UK, said Oman being built at VT group in the UK. to meet the needs of modern navies, the
A Royal Australian
Navy SH-60B
approaches the
deck of a frigate
equipped with
Curtiss-Wright
Controls’ well-
known RAST
system.
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