AgustaWestland Initiates Production Phase of AW609 TiltRotor

AW609 TiltRotor photo AgustaWestland

Mar 3, 2015 ASDNews Source : AgustaWestland, A Finmeccanica Company

Finmeccanica – AgustaWestland announced today that the AW609 TiltRotor program has achieved key milestones, initiating the production phase in anticipation of the first customer deliveries. The company has expanded the AW609 TiltRotor program to include the AgustaWestland Philadelphia facility through its designation as the first final assembly line for the only civil tiltrotor in development to date.  A second final assembly line is expected to be established at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility in Italy at a later date.

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