AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland NV
Type	Private (subsidiary of Finmeccanica)
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

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AgustaWestland is an Anglo-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.

[edit] History

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]

[edit] 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:
- PZL SM-1
- PZL SM-2
- PZL Mi-2
- PZL Kania
- PZL W-3 Sokół
- PZL SW-4
Joint ventures:
- NH90 (32% share)
- AW609 (100% share)
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