11 - Operations and Sustainment
QUALIFICATION OF KAI KUH-1M ON BOARD ROKN SHIPS USING THE DUTCH APPROACH
J. van der Vorst¹, P.J.A. Booij¹, J.F. Hakkaart¹, T.I. Lee, KAI, South Korea; ¹NLR, Netherlands
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has developed the KUH-1M, the amphibious de-rivative of the Surion helicopter for the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. It made its first flight on 19 January 2015. KAI and NLR have been working together in the KUH-1M Helicopter-Ship Qualification project to obtain Ship Helicopter Operational Limitations (SHOLs) for flight operations with the KAI KUH-1M on board two classes of ships of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).