Agusta A.106
The Agusta A.106 was a single-seat light helicopter designed to provide an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platform for the Impavido-class destroyers of the Italian Navy. The aircraft was provided with a sophisticated electronics suite by Ferranti for autostabilisation and contact identification. Two torpedoes could be slung under the fuselage. The tail and two-bladed main rotor could be folded for shipboard stowage, and the skid undercarriage had fittings for flotation bags.
Two prototypes were built, the first flying in November 1965. A pre-production batch of 5 was cancelled by the Navy in 1973.
Operators
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- Italian Navy (Marina Militare) for evaluation only
Specifications
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70 [1]
General characteristics
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Armament
- 2 × Mk.44 torpedoes or
- 10 × depth charges or
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See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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- ↑ Taylor 1969, p.124.
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