AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland is a helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland with Finmeccanica and GKN each holding a 50% share in AgustaWestland.

On May 26, 2004 GKN confirmed that it would sell its share to its partner for £1.06Bn. AgustaWestland is now a fully owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica of Italy.

AgustaWestland opened offices in Philadelphia in 2005, and won a contract to build the new presidential helicopter Marine One over the U.S. manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.

Products

• EH101/AW101
• VH-71 Kestrel - VIP variant of the EH101 for the United States Marine Corps Marine One contract. Partnered with Lockheed Martin and Bell.
• AW109S Grand
• AW139 (formerly the AB139, was a 50% joint venture with Bell)
• AW149
• Future Lynx
• Former Agusta products:
• A109/AW109
• AW119
• A129 Mangusta
• Former Westland products:
• Super Lynx 300
• Joint ventures:
• NH90 (32% share)
• BA609 (50% share)
• Licensed production:
• AB412
• Westland WAH-64 Apache version of the Boeing Apache AH64 (67 built for the British Army) production started under GKN-Westland

Gallery

External links

• AgustaWestland Official Website
• AgustaWestland section of helis.com Helicopter History site