Tokyo Metropolitan Government evaluates the AW609 tiltrotornews Terry Spruce 2 Sep 20 0Rome – 2 September 2020 – The Tokyo Metropolitan Government recently announced the intention to evaluate the AW609 multirole commercial tiltrotor’s unique capabilities to deliver… Read more
Third prototype AW609 TiltRotor performs ground runnews Terry Spruce 5 May 16 0Leonardo-Finmeccanica has announced that the third prototype of the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has completed its first ground run at the company’s facilities in Cascina Costa,… Read more
UAE selects AW609 TiltRotor for SAR opsnews Terry Spruce 18 Nov 15 0The Joint Aviation Command (JAC) of the UAE is to be the launch customer for the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor SAR variant. The JAC has three… Read more
Leonardo Helicopters AW609 Tiltrotor: Buyer’s and Investor’s GuideHelicopter Guide Terry Spruce 2 Sep 14 0Leonardo Helicopters (formerly AgustaWestland) AW609 Tiltrotor is a ground-breaking design of a hybrid helicopter, capable of taking off like a helicopter and then transiting to… Read more
AW609 TiltRotor completes autorotation trialsnews Terry Spruce 25 Apr 14 0The AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor completes the autorotation trials progamme. The AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has completed the series of autorotation trials successfully. Between the end of… Read more
AgustaWestland AW609 completes first customer demo flightsnews Terry Spruce 3 Mar 14 0AgustaWestland completed the first customer demo flights of its new AW609 TiltRotor during the 2014 Heli-Expo 2014 in Anaheim, California. AgustaWestland completed the first customer… Read more
Northrop Grumman provides Inertial Navigation Products to TiltRotornews Terry Spruce 27 Feb 14 0Northrop Grumman will provide inertial navigation products to AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor vertical take-off and landing aircraft. AgustaWestland has chosen Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide flight-critical… Read more
AgustaWestland testing new aerodynamics on AW609 TiltRotornews Terry Spruce 4 Sep 13 0The Second prototype aircraft is being test flown at the AgustaWestland Cascina Costa flight test facility in Italy. AgustaWestland is testing a number of aerodynamic improvements… Read more
