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 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.
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[edit] 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]
In February 2012, the Indian defence ministry announced that it was investigating the sale of 12 AgustaWestland helicopters, and that "some Indian government officials could be involved in getting kickbacks for changing the terms and conditions of the deal in favour of the company."[4]. The company's parent, Finmeccanica, which is already under corruption charges in Italy for allegedly maintaining slush funds[5], has denied any wrongdoing[6], but its stocks fell immediately.
[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:
- 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
[edit] 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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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.agustawestland.com/content/profile
- ^ Gates outlines military spending overhaul - Politics - msnbc.com
- ^ Gazeta Wyborcza article from Feb. 2, 2010 [1]
- ^ Reuters (27 Feb, 2012). "India orders probe into AugustaWestland helicopter buy, say sources". Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/india-orders-probe-into-augustawestland-helicopter-buy-say-sources/articleshow/12058567.cms. Retrieved 29 Feb 2012.
- ^ Guy Dinmore in Rome and James Fontanella-Khan in New Delhi (February 27, 2012). "Finmeccanica faces deal probe in India". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5d0dcbcc-6168-11e1-94fa-00144feabdc0.html. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120227-707505.html
[edit] External links
- Official website
- AgustaWestland section of helis.com Helicopter History site
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