The LeonardoAW609, formerly the AgustaWestland AW609, and originally the Bell/Agusta BA609, is a twin-engined tiltrotor VTOL aircraft with an overall configuration similar to that of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. It is capable of landing vertically like a helicopter while having a range and speed in excess of conventional rotorcraft. The AW609 is aimed at the civil aviation market, in particular VIP customers and offshore oil and gas operators. It has progressed from a concept in the late 1990s, to development and testing, and is working towards certification in the 2020s.
When the project started it was a joint venture between Boeing, Bell, and Augusta to capitalize on V-22 Osprey development, and bring a commercial civilian tilt-rotor to market. The other part of this project lead to the Huey replacement the AB139. During the long development, Augusta became AugustaWestland, and Leonardo took main responsibility for the project.
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The Leonardo AW609, formerly the AgustaWestlandAW609, and originally the Bell/Agusta BA609, is a twin-engined tiltrotor VTOL aircraft with an overall...
subsidiaries (Agusta and Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland, with each holding a 50% share. Finmeccanica acquired GKN's stake in AgustaWestland in 2004...
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and the Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor aircraft. Bell later withdrew from the BA609 project, which is now known as the AgustaWestlandAW609. In July 2000...
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30, 2015 a Leonardo-Finmeccanica-Helicopters Division (formerly AgustaWestland) AW609 prototype crashed in Italy killing its two pilots. The Italian ANSV...
project – not built) AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter (formerly 50-50 as the Agusta-Bell AB139, now 100% AgustaWestland) AgustaWestlandAW609 tiltrotor (formerly...
new company is wholly owned by AgustaWestland and the BA609 tiltrotor has been rebranded as the AW609. AgustaWestlandAW609 - a civil twin-engined tiltrotor...
and Agusta came in for the Bell/Agusta BA609. This aircraft was redesignated as the AW609 following the transfer of full ownership to AgustaWestland in...
Space Technology, 11 February 2010. Wynbrandt, James (11 February 2012). "AW609 Finally Ready for its Close-up". Aviation International News. Retrieved...
in forward flight. It first flew on 19 March 1989. The AgustaWestlandAW609 (formerly Bell/Agusta BA609) tiltrotor is civilian aircraft based on the V-22...
in forward flight. It first flew on 19 March 1989. The AgustaWestlandAW609 (formerly Bell/Agusta BA609) tiltrotor is civilian aircraft based on the V-22...
launches and lands on its tail. On several aerial vehicles such as the AgustaWestlandAW609 and V-22 Osprey, a pair of three-bladed proprotors have been used...
direct city-to-city helicopter transport, with aircraft such as the AgustaWestlandAW609 and the CarterCopter/PAV. The 2010 Eurocopter X3 experimental helicopter...
found on tiltrotors such as the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey and the AgustaWestlandAW609. A quad rotor or quadrotor comprises four rotors in an "X" configuration...
Inc. (VTOL)". "AgustaWestland and Bristow Sign Exclusive Platform Development Agreement for the AW609 Tiltrotor Program." AgustaWestland, 3 March 2015...
operational capacity, the AgustaWestland AW139 and the AB.204 and AB.206-A1. A special space is reserved for the AgustaWestlandAW609 convertiplane, an aircraft...
further noted that AgustaWestland was “continuing to play a leading role in new and revolutionary technologies such as the AW609,” and that in the military...
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