Aircraft Data Sheet: Merlin HC MK 3 (1996)

First flight:	24th December 1996
Rotor diameter:	18.59m/61ft 0ins
Length:	22.81m/74ft 10ins
Max weight:	14,288kg/31,500lb
Max speed:	309kph/167knots
Power:	Three 2,100shp/1,565kW Rolls Royce/Turbomeca RTM-322 turboshafts
Accommodation:	Two crew and 26 troops.
No Built:	In Production

The Merlin Mk 3 incorporates the ramp rear door configuration and is intended to provide a medium sized Battlefield Support helicopter for the Royal Air Force. Twenty-two aircraft are on order and Westland are the prime contractor.