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About AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company. 

Amazing The collaboration between Agusta and Westland dates back to 1981, when the two companies established the European Helicopter Industries joint venture with the aim of developing a new medium-size utility helicopter, the EH101.


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The collaboration between Agusta and Westland dates back to 1981, when the two companies established the European Helicopter Industries joint venture with the aim of developing a new medium-size utility helicopter, the EH101. In March 1999, Finmeccanica and GKN announced their intention to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries. The two parties announced finalised terms for the merger in July 2000, which included a 50-50 ownership structure.

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AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company,[2] which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica (now known as Leonardo).[3] It was formed in July 2000 as an Anglo-Italian[4] multinational company, 

AgustaWestland Leonardo

History

Project Zero on static display at the 2013 Paris Air Show

World War I

The Agusta A129 Mangusta over Lugo, Emilia-Romagna

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India signed a contract to purchase 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters in February 2010 for the Communication Squadron of Indian Air Force to carry the president, PM and other VVIPs. The contract was frozen in February 2013 after allegations surfaced that US$60 million had been paid as a bribe.[On 12 February 2013, Giuseppe Orsi, the CEO of Finmeccanica, was arrested by Italian authorities; the following day Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony ordered a probe into the contract.

In January 2014, India cancelled the US$630 million deal, subsequently recovering the sum which it had paid.

Merger into Leonardo

In 2016, following a corporate reorganization, AgustaWestland merged into Leonardo S.p.A., Finmeccanica's new name. With this reorganization, AgustaWestland ceased to exist as a separate company, and it became Leonardo's helicopter division.

In 2020 Leonardo relaunched the "Agusta" brand for the VIP helicopter sector. The launch of the new brand was announced during Expo 2020 in Dubai

Created in 2000


Company type Subsidiary
Industry Aircraft
Predecessors Agusta
Westland Helicopters
Founded 2000
Defunct 2016 (aged 15–16) (merged into Leonardo S.p.A)
Successor Leonardo Helicopters
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Key people Daniele Romiti (chief executive officer)
Products Helicopters
Revenue €4,243 million (2012)
Operating income €473 million (2012)
Number of employees 12,500 (at 31 December 2015)
Parent Finmeccanica
Subsidiaries PZL-Świdnik
Website helicopters.leonardo.com

Helicopters AgustaWestland now Leonardo


Current fleet

An Agusta A109 of the Air Component

As Of November 2022, The Martinair Fleet Consists Of The Following Aircraft:

Current Aircraft

Model First flight Production status MTOW Description
Agusta A129 Mangusta 1983-09-11 present 4.6t attack helicopter
TAI/AgustaWestland T-129 2009-09-28 present 5t A129 development with TAI
AgustaWestland AW101/EH101 (Merlin) 1987-10-09 present 14.6t three-engine
AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant 2000-05-31 present 14.6t AW101 Canadian air-sea rescue designation
Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel 2007-07-03 2009 14.6t cancelled USMC Marine One AW101 VIP variant with Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter)
AgustaWestland AW109 1971-08-04 present 2.85t eight seats twin-engine
AgustaWestland AW109S Grand 1988 present 3.175t AW109 stretch
AgustaWestland AW119 Koala 1995-02 present 2.85t eight seats single-engine AW109
AgustaWestland AW139 2001-02-03 present 7t 15-seat twin-engine (former Bell/Agusta AB139)
AgustaWestland AW149 2009-11-13 present 8.6t medium-lift military helicopter
Westland Lynx 1971-03-21 present 5.33t military helicopter
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat 2009-11-12 present 6t Lynx development
AgustaWestland AW169 2012-05-10 present 4.8t 10-seat twin-engine
AgustaWestland AW189 2011-12-21 present 8.3t twin-engine
AgustaWestland AW249 2022-08-12 present 7t attack helicopter, A129 replacement
AgustaWestland AW609 2003-03-06 present 7.62t tiltrotor (former Bell/Agusta BA609)
AgustaWestland Project Zero 2011-06 present ? hybrid tiltrotor/fan-in-wing demonstrator
NHI NH90 1995-12-18 present 10.6t twin-engine military helicopter (NHIndustries is 62.5% Eurocopter, 32% AgustaWestland and 5.5% Fokker Aerostructures)
PZL W-3 Sokół 1979-11-16 2015 6.4t twin-engine
PZL SW-4 1996-10-29 present 1.8t single-engine
Agusta-Bell 412 1979-08 present 5.4t licensed twin-engine
AgustaWestland Apache 1998-09 2004 9.5t GKN-Westland license of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, 67 built for the British Army
Kopter AW09 2014-10 present 2.65t former SH09

Retired fleet

The Westland Sea King helicopter

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General characteristics

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Specifications

  • Crew: 2 flight crew + loadmaster / sensor operator
  • Capacity: 20 seated troops; or 12 medevac stretchers; or 2 NATO pallets; or 4,200 kg  external slung load
  • Length: 16.13 m (52 ft 11 in)
  • Empty weight: 6,400 kg 
  • Max takeoff weight: 10,600 kg
  • Powerplant: 2 × General Electric CT7-8E turboshaft engines, (2,474 hp) each (option)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322turboshaft engines,  (2,417 hp
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Armament

  • Maximum speed: 300 km/h (190 mph, 160 kn)
  • Range: 800 km (500 mi, TTH
  • 1,000 km (620 mi; 540 nmi) NFH
    • Endurance: 5 hours
    • Service ceiling: 6,000 m 
    • Rate of climb: 8 m/s (1,600 ft/min)

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