After Many Delays, AW609 Now Moving Ahead

Credit: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland is making steady progress with its AW609 commercial tiltrotor, assembling the third prototype—AC3—to pave the way for deicing system tests toward the end of this year. Engineers are assembling the aircraft in Italy, where it will undergo shakedown flights during the early summer...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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