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 ...

Leonardo Helicopters believes its AW609 civil tiltrotor remains on track to secure US certification next year following a series of recent interactions with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Leonardo will now use part of its Grottaglie factory, where it makes Boeing 787 airliner fuselages, to assemble the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft.

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 ...