The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor aircraft is advancing through its certification process, with EASA flight crews recently conducting familiarization tests following similar evaluations by the FAA. The ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Anglo-Italian helicopter firm AgustaWestland to buy three AW609 ...

The U.S. air safety regulators approach to certifying the Italian manufacturer's tiltrotor appears to be closely aligned for long-awaited type certification plans for new eVTOL aircraft. Leonardo has ...

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 ...

Leonardo says its AW609 tiltrotor has completed ship trials involving the Italian Navy’s Cavour aircraft carrier. The trials that unfolded April 3-12 involved deck landing and takeoffs in more than 15 ...

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

ANAHEIM, California—Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the company’s AW609 commercial tiltrotor. Demonstrations with the AW609 prototypes could follow ...

Leonardo Helicopters could begin demonstration flights this year of its AW609 tiltrotor for the Italian military and other domestic government agencies. Gian Piero Cutillo, managing director of ...

The Leonardo tiltrotor AW609 can support various security-centric applications such as cargo carrier, special operations, personnel recovery, and ‘homeland security'. (Leonardo) Weststar Aviation ...

Leonardo SpA said it’s redistributing work at one of its Italian facilities by adding production of its tilt-rotor aircraft as output slows for Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner program. The Grottaglie ...