04-Feb-21 - The Kopter (part of Leonardo) SH09 third prototype (P3) helicopter fitted with Garmin G3000H integrated flight deck, a new main rotor head design, a new main gear box with an extended mast and a new flight controls configuration #garmin
23-Oct-20 - Kopter (Leonardo) SH09 helicopter flight test activities have fully resumed at Mollis, Switzerland, having reassembled the third SH09 prototype (P3) after its return from Pozzallo, Italy #Mollis
17-Sep-20 - The Kopter (Leonardo) SH09 P3 prototype is back home in Switzerland after successfully completing flight testing in Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy. P3 now features an engine cowling extension for improved aerodynamics, a variable asymmetric tail plane at the best available incidence, the removal of the end plates and a larger upper vertical fin to improve stability #SH09
23-Jun-20 - The Kopter SH09 P3 prototype, now owned by Leonardo, resumes its flight test campaign in southern Italy halted since March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The helicopter will receive a new tail rotor head, core avionics, final main rotor head and flight controls. #SH09
31-Jan-20 - INAEC Aviation Corp orders first Kopter SH09 for the Philippines to be used to urban air mobility operations with Ascent Flights Global Pte Ltd #Ascent
30-Jan-20 - Rainier Heli International which signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in 2018 for 5 SH09 plus 5 options now added 5 more options during Heli-Expo 2020 #SH09
28-Jan-20 - Leonardo buys 100% of the Swiss helicopter company Kopter from Lynwood to strengthening core business and sustaining leadership in key areas. Known originally as Marenco SwissHelicopter, has the SH09 light helicopter under development #Kopter
11-Dec-19 - A full-scale Kopter SH09 mock-up in passenger configuration along a flight simulator co-developed with VRM Switzerland will be on display at Heli-Expo 2020, Anaheim, California, January 28-30 #HeliExpo2020
19-Oct-19 - Kopter and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during Seoul ADEX 2019 around local assembly, production, customization and sales of the SH09 helicopter in Korea and other Asian countries #ADEX2019
14-Aug-19 - Kopter displaying full-scale mock-up of the SH09 in South America for the first time during LABACE 2019, August 13-15 in São Paulo. Gualter Helicopteros was appointed as Kopter Group distributor for Brazil #LABACE2019
01-Aug-19 - CEO and Owner of Hawaii-based Paradise Helicopters visited Kopter’ flight test base in Pozzallo, Italy after signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for four SH09 helicopters last year #Pozzallo
23-Jul-19 - Metro Aviation signed MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with Kopter to purchase five SH09 following FAA certification bringing total number of firm orders to 70 helicopters added to the 100 LOIs (Letter of intent). Metro to develop interiors for medical, police and tourism
missions #SH09
