28-Feb-24 - Bell and Leonardo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate cooperation opportunities in the tiltrotor technology domain during Heli-Expo 2024 #tiltrotor
26-May-23 - Weststar ordered five more AW139 offshore helicopters and signed a AW609 leasing and SAF fuel flight agreements with Leonardo during LIMA 2023 #LIMA2023
27-Oct-22 - Leonardo featured a Life Link III AW169 helicopter and an AW609 mock-up in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) configurations at the Air Medical Transport Conference AMTC 2022 in Tampa, FL October 24-26 #AMTC22
19-Oct-22 - First production Leonardo AW609 tilt-rotor completed first flight in Philadelphia. AC5 will support mission capability evaluation as program moves closer to certification. Three aircraft are on the final assembly line. #AW609
18-Oct-22 - Leonardo AW609 tilt-rotor business aviation debut and Agusta brand NA premiere to leave their mark at the National Business Aviation Association NBAA 2022 in Orlando, FL #NBAA
08-Jul-22 - Bristow participates in AW609 tiltrotor 60-minute flight demonstration flight. As the launch customer, its first AW609 is now being assembled in Philadelphia #AW609
30-May-22 - UAE’s Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum become the first woman to pilot the AW609 tiltrotor when visited Leonardo’s Philadelphia facility #AW609
17-Nov-21 - Leonardo featuring the AW609 tilt-rotor at the Dubai Airshow 2021, November 14-18 in the UAE and showcases the aircraft protection technology BriteCloud and Miysis DIRCM #AW609
18-Apr-21 - Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor prototype #4, AC4, was transferred from Philadelphia to Cascina Costa, Italy last March 2 for the final stage of testing ahead of civil certification #AW609
02-Sep-20 - Tokyo Metropolitan Government evaluates the Leonardo AW609 tilt-rotor for transport connections with Ogasawara island. The world’s first AW609 full flight simulator will be ready later this year at Philadelphia #AW609
28-Jan-20 - World’s first Full Flight Simulator of the AW609 tiltrotor to arrive in Philadelphia in Summer 2020. Based on CAE 3000 Series, will be operated by Rotorsim #AW609
28-Dec-19 - The fourth and final prototype of the AW609 tiltrotor performed its first flight at Leonardo’s Philadelphia plant. First two production aircraft currently being assembled for ERA #AW609
