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Asia - Central | Britain/U.K. | Helicopters & Rotary | Materials Innovations | Middle East - Other | Rolls Royce | Testing & Evaluation

TiN Coating Trialed to Keep British Lynx Helicopters Airborne in the Sandbox

UH-60L Blackhawk helicopte
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Lynx, landing(click to view full) A trial programme run by Britain’s Defence Logistic Organisation’s Helicopter Engines Integrated Project Team (HEIPT) is trying to reduce sand erosion to the Lynx helicopter Gem engine Low Pressure (LP) compressor blades. Iraq’s and Afghanistan’s environments cause significant erosion, forcing replacement with new blades, extra overhaul costs and lower availability […]

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