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The AgustaWestland AW609 started life in 1996 as the experimental tiltrotor Bell XV-15 developed by Bell/Boeing. After Boeing pulled out of the project in March 1998, Agusta came on board in September of that year. It then became the Bell/Agusta BA609 and development continued through the m...
The engineers at aerospace firm AgustaWestland are no slouches when it comes to tilt rotor aircraft, having recently developed the intriguing commercial-useAW609. It seems, however, that they’ve been holding out on us ... over a year and a half ago, they began secretly test-flying what t...
Other products include the AW109 Power, AW109 LUH and GrandNew light-twin; the T129 combat helicopter; the multi-role Super Lynx 300 and AW 159; the best-selling AW 139 medium twin; the BA609 tiltrotor and the NH90 11-ton. A new product recently launched is the AW149 military medium...
mainly with Agusta building Bells and Bell parts under license. The AB139 was poised to be the first of several joint ventures, including the BA609 civil tiltrotor-new niche machines that were going to generate "category killer" competition against less-capable smaller products and more expens...
The BA 609 is a nine-seat civil tiltrotor (CTR) being designed by Bell (formerly in conjunction with Boeing, and now in conjunction with Agusta, now AgustaWestland). Bell is the co-manufacturer of the V-22 (see report). About half the V-22's size, the 609 will be used for ...
AgustaWestland AW 609The BA 609 is a nine-seat civil tiltrotor (CTR) being designed by Bell (formerly in conjunction with Boeing, and now in conjunction with Agusta, now AgustaWestland). Bell is the co-manufacturer of the V-22 (see report). About half the V-22's size, the 609 will...