Leonardo Readies Its Light Single-Engine AW09 For Market Debut

Leonardo AW09 hovering

Leonardo Helicopters is using the first serial production aircraft, S6, for function and reliability testing ahead of certification and market entry.

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
Fifteen years since the first mockup appeared in public, Leonardo Helicopters is confident it can finally bring its AW09 single-engine light helicopter to the market by year-end. Following a lengthy development effort that began with startups Marenco and later Kopter Group—before the latter’s...
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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