AgustaWestland

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AgustaWestland NV

Type of Company	Private (subsidiary of Finmeccanica)
Founded	2000
Headquarters
Industry	Aerospace
Products	Helicopters
Employees	8,531 (2005)
Parent	Finmeccanica
Website	www.agustawestland.com

AgustaWestland is a helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland. Finmeccanica and GKN each held a 50% share in AgustaWestland.

On May 26, 2004 GKN confirmed that it would sell its share to its partner for £1.06Bn. AgustaWestland is now a fully owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica of Italy.

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 Helicopter.

[edit] Products

EH101
VH-71 EH101 Version for the United States Marine Corps - Presidential Transport (formerly the US101)
Grand
AW139 (formerly the AB139, was a 50% joint venture with Bell)
AW149
Future Lynx
Former Agusta products:
- A101G
- A106
- A109
- A119 Koala
- A129 Mangusta
Former Westland products:
- Super Lynx 300
Joint ventures:
- NH90 (32% share)
- BA609 (50% share)
Licensed production:
- AB412
- Apache AH1 (67 built for the British Army)