Leonardo Helicopters has revealed the successful conclusion of an initial phase of ship-landing trials for its AW609 tiltrotor as part of a project with the Italian military. Performed over a 10-day ...

Federal Aviation Administration pilots have begun Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) flights of the Leonardo Helicopters AW609 tiltrotor from the manufacturer’s US plant in Philadelphia. A sign of ...

ANAHEIM, California—Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the company’s AW609 commercial tiltrotor. Demonstrations with the AW609 prototypes could follow ...

LONDON — AgustaWestland has implemented a series of performance enhancements into its AW609 civil tiltrotor as the program slowly edges toward certification. The company has modified the Italy-based ...

DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence on Tuesday said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with AgustaWestland, a unit of Italy's Finmeccanica SpA, to buy ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Anglo-Italian helicopter firm AgustaWestland to buy three AW609 ...