Maintenance and Modifications
Leonardo Testing RFID Tags To Monitor AW189 Components
Leonardo, Gulf Helicopters in pilot project to test RFID tags to monitor components on AW189s.

Leonardo and Gulf Helicopters of Qatar are testing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on the latter’s fleet of AW189 super-medium, twin-engine helicopters. Approximately 60 major components of Gulf Helicopters' AW189 fleet will be RFID tagged, allowing automatic downloading of data when the aircraft returns from a mission via dedicated smart tag readers. The pilot project is planned to be completed by mid-2019.