AgustaWestland

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AgustaWestland NV

Type	Private (subsidiary of Finmeccanica)
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Farnborough, Hampshire, UK Samarate (Varese), Italy
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 with Finmeccanica and GKN each holding 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 Aircraft.

[edit] Products

EH101
VH-71 Kestrel - VIP variant of the EH101 for the United States Marine Corps Marine One contract. Partnered with Lockheed Martin and Bell.
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
- Westland WAH-64 Apache version of the Boeing Apache AH64 (67 built for the British Army) production started under GKN-Westland