AgustaWestland
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AgustaWestland Ltd.
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25 Templer Ave., Farnborough Business Park Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6FE, United Kingdom Tel. +44-1252-386-451 Fax +44-1252-386-431 |
Type: Subsidiary
On the web:
http://www.agustawestland.com
Employees:
13,573
Employee growth: 31.2%
AgustaWestland is an Anglo-Italian helicopter company owned by Italy's Finmeccanica. The company develops and manufactures helicopters and other rotorcraft (aircraft that use rotor blades to provide lift throughout an entire flight) specially designed for military and commercial uses. Its products range from light single-turbine helicopters to tiltrotors to Apache combat helicopters produced under license from Boeing for the British Army. AgustaWestland develops, produces, and sells different models globally through joint ventures and partnerships with major US and European helicopter OEMs and aerospace/defense companies, including Bell Helicopter Textron.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $4,829.0M
One year growth: (3.2%)
Officers:
Chairman: Amedeo Caporaletti
CEO: Aircraft Engine & Parts Manufacturing
Competitors:
Bell Helicopter
Boeing
Eurocopter
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AgustaWestland
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| Type | Private (subsidiary of Finmeccanica) |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Samarate, Varese, Italy Farnborough, Hampshire, UK |
| Products | Helicopters |
| Employees | 8,531 (2005) |
| Parent | Finmeccanica |
| Subsidiaries | PZL-Świdnik |
| Website | http://www.agustawestland.com |
AgustaWestland is a British-Italian[1] helicopter design and manufacturing company. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland with Finmeccanica and GKN each holding a 50% share.
AgustaWestland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica of Italy.
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History
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On May 26, 2004 GKN confirmed that it would sell its share to Finmeccanica for £1.06 billion. 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, but this program was canceled in 2009.[2]
In early 2010 AgustaWestland acquired PZL-Świdnik, a Polish helicopter manufacturer.[3]
Products
- EH101/AW101
- VH-71 Kestrel – The cancelled VIP variant of the EH101 for the United States Marine Corps Marine One contract. Partnered with Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter.
- AW109S Grand
- AW119
- AW139 (formerly the AB139, was a 50% joint venture with Bell Helicopter)
- AW149
- AW159
- AW169
- AW189
- PZL Świdnik products:
- Joint ventures:
- Licensed production:
- AB412
- Westland WAH-64 Apache version of the Boeing Apache AH-64 (67 built for the British Army) production started under GKN-Westland
Gallery
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AW101
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AW139
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AW169
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Westland Lynx
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A109K2
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A-129CBT Mangusta
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BA609
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Agusta Bell AB412
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WAH64 Apache
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See also
References
External links
- Official website
- AgustaWestland section of helis.com Helicopter History site
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