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AgustaWestland is a helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
 design and manufacturing company based in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta
Agusta

Agusta is an Italy helicopter manufacturer. It is based in the Varese province of Italy, with its main manufacturing plant being at Cascina Costa....
 and GKN-Westland Helicopters
Westland Aircraft

Westland Aircraft was a United Kingdom aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset. Formed as a separate company by separation from Petters Ltd just before the start of the World War II, Westland had been building aircraft since 1915....
) 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.






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AgustaWestland is a helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
 design and manufacturing company based in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta
Agusta

Agusta is an Italy helicopter manufacturer. It is based in the Varese province of Italy, with its main manufacturing plant being at Cascina Costa....
 and GKN-Westland Helicopters
Westland Aircraft

Westland Aircraft was a United Kingdom aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset. Formed as a separate company by separation from Petters Ltd just before the start of the World War II, Westland had been building aircraft since 1915....
) 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
Finmeccanica

Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italy list of conglomerates. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy....
 of Italy.

AgustaWestland opened offices in Philadelphia in 2005, and won a contract to build the new presidential helicopter Marine One
Marine One

Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the President of the United States. It usually denotes a helicopter operated by the HMX-1 squadron, either the large H-3 Sea King or the newer, smaller UH-60 Black Hawk....
 over the U.S. manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an United States aircraft manufacturer....
.

Products

  • EH101/AW101
  • VH-71 Kestrel - VIP variant of the EH101 for the United States Marine Corps Marine One
    Marine One

    Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the President of the United States. It usually denotes a helicopter operated by the HMX-1 squadron, either the large H-3 Sea King or the newer, smaller UH-60 Black Hawk....
     contract. Partnered with Lockheed Martin
    Lockheed Martin

    Lockheed Martin is a large Multinational corporation aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the Horizontal integration of Lockheed with Martin Marietta....
     and Bell Helicopter.
  • AW109S Grand
  • AW139
    AgustaWestland AW139

    The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium sized twin-engined helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland. Originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopter Textron and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, Bell withdrew from the project, which was then renamed the AW139....
     (formerly the AB139, was a 50% joint venture with Bell Helicopter)
  • AW149
    AgustaWestland AW139

    The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium sized twin-engined helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland. Originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopter Textron and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, Bell withdrew from the project, which was then renamed the AW139....
  • Future Lynx
    Westland Lynx

    The Westland Lynx is a British helicopter designed by and built Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants, which went into operational usage in 1977 and were later adopted by the armed for...
  • Former Agusta products:
    • A109/AW109
    • AW119
      AgustaWestland AW119

      The AgustaWestland AW119 Koala is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine and produced for the civil market. It is intended to appeal to operators for whom the lower running costs of a single-engine aircraft outweigh the redundancy of a twin....
    • A129 Mangusta
      Agusta A129 Mangusta

      The Agusta A129 Mangusta is an attack helicopter manufactured by Agusta of Italy. It is the first attack helicopter to be designed and produced wholly in Western Europe....
  • Former Westland products:
    • Super Lynx 300
      Westland Lynx

      The Westland Lynx is a British helicopter designed by and built Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants, which went into operational usage in 1977 and were later adopted by the armed for...
  • Joint ventures:
    • NH90
      NHI NH90

      The NHI NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military, fly-by-wire helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries. The NH90, which can be flown by a single pilot, is designed to operate by night and day and in poor weather....
       (32% share)
    • BA609
      Bell/Agusta BA609

      The Bell/Agusta BA609 is a civil twin-engined tiltrotor VTOL aircraft with a configuration similar to the Bell Helicopter Textron/Boeing Integrated Defense Systems V-22 Osprey....
       (50% share)
  • Licensed production:
    • AB412
      Bell 412

      The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a further development of the Bell 212 model, the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor....
    • Westland WAH-64 Apache
      Westland WAH-64 Apache

      The Westland WAH-64 Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems AH-64 Apache attack helicopter for the British Army....
       version of the Boeing Apache AH64 (67 built for the British Army) production started under GKN-Westland


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  • of helis.com Helicopter History site