Partnerships
AgustaWestland is actively participating in a number of joint ventures and collaborative programmes with major European and American aerospace and defence companies as well as partnerships with other firms worldwide. This co-operations network has contributed to expand products range and increase market share and opportunities.
Joint ventures intended to development and production include NATO Helicopter Industries (NHI) for the NH90 and Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company with Bell Helicopter Textron for the BA609. Jiangxi Change Agusta Helicopter (CAH) with AVIC II is aimed at licensed production, sale and support for the AW109 Power in the Chinese civil market while LIATEC (Libyan Italian Advanced Technology Company), owned by Libyan Company for Aviation Industry, Finmeccanica and AgustaWestland, is based on training and technology provision purposes to Libya expected to be expanded to maintenance, assembly and sales in the future.
Co-operations involve Boeing for the UK’s Apache AH Mk.1 and the CH-47F, Lockheed Martin and Bell for the US101 in the USA, Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the Japanese AW101 production, Denel for the AW109 LUH, AW109 Power and AW119 Ke licensed production and marketing and TAI for the T 129 combat helicopter. Moreover, TAI itself and PZL-Swidnik manufacture various AgustaWestland helicopter types fuselages. Furthermore, AgustaWestland and Russian company Oboronprom have signed an agreement to set up an industrial joint venture to establish a final assembly of AW139 civil helicopter in Russia. AgustaWestland also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Sons for the formation of an Indian joint venture company which will establish a final assembly line for the AW119 helicopter in India.
Co-operations involve Boeing for the UK’s Apache AH Mk.1 and the CH-47F, Lockheed Martin and Bell for the US101 in the USA, Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the Japanese AW101 production, Denel for the AW109 LUH, AW109 Power and AW119 Ke licensed production and marketing and TAI for the T 129 combat helicopter. Moreover, TAI itself and PZL-Swidnik manufacture various AgustaWestland helicopter types fuselages. Furthermore, AgustaWestland and Russian company Oboronprom have signed an agreement to set up an industrial joint venture to establish a final assembly of AW139 civil helicopter in Russia. AgustaWestland also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Sons for the formation of an Indian joint venture company which will establish a final assembly line for the AW119 helicopter in India.
