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AgustaWestland

Company nameAgustaWestland NV
Company typePrivate (subsidiary of Finmeccanica)
IndustryAerospace
Founded2000
HeadquartersSamarate, Varese, Italy
Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Reston, Virginia, USA
ProductsHelicopters
Employees8,531 (2005)
ParentFinmeccanica

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AgustaWestland is an italian 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.

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, but this program was canceled in 2009.

In early 2010 AgustaWestland acquired PZL-Świdnik, a Polish helicopter manufacturer and changed its official name to AgustaWestland Świdnik.

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Rotorcraft Services Group Appoints Arturo Saldana as Sales VP - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--The company is also an approved Customer Service Facility for both -AgustaWestland- and Bell Helicopter. RSG Products, Inc. manufactures proprietary air ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:44:31 GMT+00:00
AgustaWestland launches pensions website - Employee Benefits Tweet this news
Employee Benefits--Kate Webber, pension manager at -AgustaWestland-, said: “It enables us to provide an online resource to our members and trustees which is flexible, ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:11:39 GMT+00:00
CFB Comox team receives international award - Canada.com Tweet this news
Canada.com--They'll receive another award, The Cormorant Trophy, from -AgustaWestland-, one of the largest helicopter companies in the world. Jeremy Tracy, chief test ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:29:13 GMT+00:00
AgustaWestland unveils AW169 helicopter - Reinforced Plastics Tweet this news
Reinforced Plastics---AgustaWestland- says that its new AW169 multi-purpose helicopter benefits from extensive use of composites. According to -AgustaWestland-, the helicopter ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:29:09 GMT+00:00
AW Breaks Ground On Russian Plant - Aviation International News Tweet this news
Aviation International News---AgustaWestland- broke ground on a new production plant at Tomilino, near Moscow, late last month. The 120000-sq-ft building will house another final assembly ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:59:53 GMT+00:00
Boeing Defends AW101 Offer for Renewed US Presidential Helo Requirement - Aviation International News Tweet this news
Aviation International News--For the first VXX presidential helicopter competition, -AgustaWestland- teamed with Lockheed Martin to offer the AW101. Now the aircraft has become the Boeing ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:54:53 GMT+00:00
Helicopter carrying 13 crashes into HK harbor - Shanghai Daily Tweet this news
Shanghai Daily--All 13 on board the Italianmade -AgustaWestland- AW139 suffered only light injuries and were released from the hospital later yesterday, the Hong Kong ... - Date : Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:17:37 GMT+00:00
US deliver two AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter to Turkey - Defenseworld.net Tweet this news
Defenseworld.net---...- it begins to receive new attack helicopters in 2014 or 2015. Turkey is jointly manufacturing those aircraft with -AgustaWestland-, an Italian-British company.--- - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:01:29 GMT+00:00
Boeing, Finmeccanica in Helicopter Bid - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--Finmeccanica and Lockheed had previously joined forces to win a contract for a new Marine One fleet in 2005 with the -AgustaWestland- VH-71A, ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:25:40 GMT+00:00
Aerosouz appointed as an AgustaWestland authorized service center in Russia - Military & Aerospace Electronics Tweet this news
Military & Aerospace Electronics--Officials at -AgustaWestland-, a Finmeccanica company, named Aerosouz to be an authorized service center in Russia for the -AgustaWestland- range of light ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 13:59:50 GMT+00:00

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