This maiden flight brings the world’s first commercial tiltrotor closer to certification and delivery to the first customers. The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor recently reached a new milestone, with the ...

The AW609 completed the first shipboard trials with the support of the Italian Navy. From April 3 to April 12, 2024, the AW609 AC4 aircraft, representing the final production configuration of the ...

Leonardo Helicopters believes its AW609 civil tiltrotor remains on track to secure US certification next year following a series of recent interactions with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

As we evolve the use of our air space during the next few decades, we will see numerous new innovations in aviation. For example, we will see drone usage increase, both for businesses and consumers.

Man was intended to fly like a bird — not like a bat out of hell,” is an aphorism attributed to Lawrence Bell, founder of the eponymous rotary-wing manufacturer and, with inventor and polymath Arthur ...

Tiltrotor technology has limited civilian use, but the military has long used similar aircraft. Downtown-to-downtown service is one of the potential uses for the aircraft type. Vertical flight has ...

The first Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor production aircraft made its maiden flight on 13 October 2022 which included an initial inflight evaluation of systems and general handling and it has now completed ...

The modern world offers many ways for civilians to travel in the sky. One can board an airplane or a helicopter, can climb inside the nacelle of a hot-air balloon, or can even dangle precariously ...

The first military examples of the Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor are on course for delivery in 2019, Brig Gen Saeed Ali Al Ali, deputy cdr of the UAE Joint Aviation Command (UAE JAC), commented at the IQPC ...

After several years out of the public eye, Leonardo's AW609 tiltrotor aircraft re-emerged as the centerpiece of the aerospace and defense company's display at the 2021 Dubai Airshow this month. The ...