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The Leonardo AW609, formerly the AgustaWestland AW609, and originally the Bell-Agusta BA609, is a twin-engined tiltrotor VTOL aircraft with an overall configuration similar to that of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. It is capable of landing vertically like a helicopter while having a range and speed in excess of conventional rotorcraft.
AgustaWestland AW609 The Bell XV-15 is an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft. It was the second successful experimental tiltrotor aircraft and the first to demonstrate the concept's high speed performance relative to conventional helicopters.
Bell/Agusta BA609 (tiltrotor), presently known as AgustaWestland AW609; Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor (proposal) Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey ; Bell Eagle Eye (tiltrotor UAV) Bell V-280 Valor ; Bell X-14 (vectored thrust) Bell X-22 ; Bell XV-3 (first tiltrotor) Bell XV-15 (tiltrotor) Bensen B-10 (ducted fan)
The resulting AgustaWestland AW609 is the first civilian tiltrotor. [2] [3] In 2000, AgustaWestland began studies for the Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR), twice the size of the AW609. [4] In August 2014, the European Union launched its CleanSky 2 research initiative, to award contracts advancing aerospace technology. [5]
Bell Agusta Aerospace Company (BAAC) was a joint venture formed in 1998 by Bell Helicopter and Agusta (now AgustaWestland), who collaborated on a variety of products dating back to 1952. The joint venture was dissolved in 2011, when AgustaWestland took full ownership of the project, renaming it as the AgustaWestland Tilt-Rotor Company (AWTRC).
The Bell V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. [2] The aircraft was officially unveiled at the 2013 Army Aviation Association of America's (AAAA) Annual Professional Forum and Exposition in Fort Worth, Texas.
On 26 May 2004, GKN confirmed that it had agreed to sell its share of AgustaWestland to Finmeccanica for £1.06 billion. [10] [11] The sale was approved by the British government in October 2004. [12] The former Westland site at the now unused airfield in Weston-super-Mare houses The Helicopter Museum featuring a number of examples of Westland ...
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