Following Poland’s accession to NATO in 1999, Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 1 S.A. launched a process of upgrading the Mi-family helicopters delivered to us for repairs and overhauls, by equipping them with advanced communication, navigation and identification devices in order to provide compliance with NATO requirements and interoperability within the alliance.
This upgrading process was conducted by the WZL1 in collaboration with Western companies – the manufacturers of devices installed in the helicopters operated by Polish Armed Forces within the upgrades. The aircraft have been equipped with advanced equipment that provided to them interoperability within NATO forces and successful participation in combat missions abroad including those in Iraq, Afghanistan and Chad.
All modernisation projects were developed in-house by experts of the WZL1, and some of the solutions used were submitted to the Polish Patent Office as utility designs.
EQUIPMENT INSTALLED BY WZL 1 IN HELICOPTERS
- VHF, UHF and HF radios (Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24, SH-2G, W-3);
- Radar altimeter (Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-14);
- GPS – Garmin (Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT) (Mi-17);
- SO-121 Icing Indicator (Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- VOR/TAC/MKR navigation systems (Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- External and internal lighting (Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- KT-76 IFF system (Mi-2);
- SC-10d2 IFF system (Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- FLIR EO system (Mi-8);
- SX-16 searchlight (Mi-8, Mi-17);
- S2-3a digital flight data recording system (Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- AR-30 digital Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) (Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- Integrated Communication Suite (Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-24);
- CYKLOP Helmet-Mounted Flight Data Display (Mi-17);
- Helicopter intercom (Mi-8);
- SŁP-350 hoist system (Mi-14PŁ/R) with the ŁPG-300 hoist;
- SŁG-300 hoist system (Mi-17) with the ŁPG-300 hoist;
- 76379-040 on-board hoist (Mi-17);
- 75378-500 on-board hoist (Mi-8);
- ŁPG-150 on-board hoist (Mi-8);
- Composite armour panels protecting the cockpit, cabin and vital powerplant components (Mi-17);
- Side stations for the fast rope troop insertion/extraction system (Mi-8, Mi-17);
- Rear stations for the fast rope troop insertion/extraction system (Mi-8, Mi-17);
- Self-defence and self-protection system (Mi-17, Mi-24);
- EWU engine exhaust IR suppresor (Mi-17, Mi-24);
- ADROS IR missile jammer (Mi-17, Mi-24);
- Rear and side gunner stations for the PK machine gun (Mi-17, Mi-8);
- Rear and side gunner station for the M134G Gatling gun (Mi-17);
- BURAN-A weather radar (Mi-14);
- APS-107B control and drop system for the MU-90 torpedo (Mi-14, SH-2G);
- Active sonar (Mi-14);
- Sonobuoy system (Mi-14);
- Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) (Mi-14);
- ŁEBA tactical data transmission system (link) (Mi-14);
- Cabin air conditioning system (Mi-17)
- AIS R4A Automatic Vessel Identification System (Mi-17)
- GPS MAGR receiver (SH-2G);
- Attachment unit for the APA-5 emergency hoist (Mi-14);
- AVR8220 digital video recorder (Mi-8);
- TW3-117WM engines (Mi-24W).
Moreover, the WZL 1 has modified the following helicopters to enable them performing a broad variety of missions:
- Mi-8 helicopters for LGPR (Aviation Search and Rescue Group) and SAR missions (Mi-8);
- Mi-14 helicopters for SAR missions (Mi-14PŁ/R);
- Mi-14 helicopters for submarine warfare (Mi-14PŁ)
- Mi-17 helicopter MEDEVEC missions (air hospital) (Mi-17 AE);
- Mi-17 helicopters for CASEVEC missions (Mi-17 T/U);
- Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-24 d helicopters for night flights using NVG (Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-24).
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