AgustaWestland AW139

Originally announced at the Farnborough Air Show on 8 Sep 1998, as a joint venture between Agusta and Bell; to complement the Bell 412. A full-scale mockup was revealed at the Paris Air Show on 12 June 1999. The first pre-production airframe flew on 3 Feb 2001, followed by the second on 4 Jun 2001 and the third on 22 Oct 2001. Production versions began in Nov 2001. Bell withdrew from the AB139 venture in Nov 2005.

The AW139 is a medium, twin-engined, multi-role helicopter, having a 5 bladed main rotor driven by 2x 1679 shp Pratt & Whitney PT6C-67C turboshaft engines with FADEC software control. A fixed tailplane under a starboard mounted, canted 4 blade tail rotor, provides lateral stability and the main hull is supported by a tricycle undercarriage.

The first 52 aircraft were built by Agusta in Italy as the AB139.
c/n from 31055 built in Italy
c/n from 41001 built in Philadelphia, USA
c/n from 60001 assembled and delivered by the HeliVert plant located in Tomilino, Russia

From c/n 31201 and 41201 are long nose variant with increased room for avionics
From c/n 31700 and 41501 are 7000kg MTOW variant

- As of November 2012, 180 customers from more than 50 countries have ordered nearly 660 AW139.
- As of 2015, AW139 ordered are almost 900.

In 2016 rebranded to Leonardo

- As of March 2017, 250 customers from around 70 countries have ordered 1000 AW139 with 900 delivered and 1.7 million flight hours across the global fleet.
- As of June 2019, 1100 were in order
- September 2019, 1000th AW139 roll-out
- As of July 2020, 280 customers worldwide ordered +1200 AW139 with 1050 already in service. Fleet accumulated more than 2.8 million flight hours
- As of December 2022, the AW139 fleet accumulates over 3.3 million flight hours.