Rome, 19 December 2025. — Leonardo and the EU Clean Aviation JU (Joint Undertaking) are pleased to announce the first flight of the Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor – Technology Demonstrator (NGCTR-TD), which took place at…
Rome, 26/06/2024 – The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor programme set another major industry capability milestone after its first successful trial on an aircraft carrier, which was recently conducted with the support of the Marina Militare (Italian…
Philadelphia, 19 October 2022 – The world’s first multirole tiltrotor programme, designed to redefine a range of commercial and public services, set a major milestone with the maiden flight of the first Leonardo AW609 production…
Within Clean Sky 2, the Clean Aviation rotorcraft demonstrators NextGenCTR and RACER, will take to skies by mid-2023. These two Fast Rotorcraft Innovative Aircraft Demonstrator Platform (FRC-IADP), with two different architectures of fast rotorcraft, are…
Philadelphia, 7 July 2022 — Bristow Group, the global leader in vertical lift solutions and launch customer for the AW609 Tiltrotor in the United States, participated in a demonstration flight in Philadelphia on May 11.…
Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum visited Leonardo’s United States helicopter headquarters in Philadelphia and piloted the AW609 tiltrotor, setting a new and important milestone for woman pilots in civil aviation “I’m thrilled…
Rome, 01/04/2022 – Following the recent success at HAI Heli-Expo 2022 in Dallas, TX (8-10 March), Leonardo confirms its strong position in the world helicopter civil market announcing further advancements with recent sales of 23…
Rome, 08/03/2022 – The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor sets another major milestone further expanding its future user base with the addition of an undisclosed and long-established European operator of Leonardo Helicopters. Under the signed agreement, this…
Dubai, November 14, 2021 — Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) and Leonardo announced today at Dubai Airshow (November 14-18, 2021) the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which will strengthen the level of maintenance…
The tiltrotor Leonardo AW609 is one of the most significant technological innovations in the current global aviation landscape. Technically, the tiltrotor is an aircraft designed and built to synthesise the helicopter’s operational versatility and the…