11-Jul-22 - Vita Inclinata demonstrated its Vita Rescue System (VRS) on the EH101 helicopter to the 751 Squadron of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP) #VRS
29-Jan-20 - Safran signed a 10-year Global Support Package (GSP) contract with Portuguese Air Force (FAP) to support 38 RTM322 engines that powered the 12-strong EH101 Merlin fleet #RTM322
08-May-18 - Portugal hosting for 4th time the European Defence Agency (EDA) helicopter exercise Hot Blade. 12th edition take place at Beja May 7-23 with Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia and the Netherlands
17-Jun-15 - Turbomeca and Portuguese Air Force have signed at the Paris Air Show a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the RTM322-powered EH101 fleet.
12-Jul-10 - AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, congratulates the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) on achieving the milestone of 10,000 flying hours with its AW101 medium/heavy three engine helicopter fleet whilst performing search and rescue and fishery protection duties.
03-Dec-01 - Yeovil, UK - The Portuguese Government has formally awarded the decision to procure 12 EH101s for Search and Rescue, Combat SAR role and fishery protection to AgustaWestland. This follows the recent announcement by Denmark of its decision to purchase 14 EH101's for SAR and Utiliy roles.
