Rotorcraft
AW609 on Certification Glide Path
The company is on track for certification in 2017 and customer deliveries in 2018.
Two aircraft are flying in the test program and a third is set to join the fleet in the coming months.
Two aircraft are flying in the test program and a third is set to join the fleet in the coming months.

The AW609 civil tiltrotor program keeps rolling along: the wing and fuselage for Aircraft 4 were formally inducted into AgustaWestland’s (AW) Philadelphia assembly plant this summer, and new offices are being readied for an estimated program staff of 100 there, according to Clive Scott, AW609 program manager. Scott said the company anticipates receiving certification in 2017 and beginning customer deliveries in 2018. The Italian airframer remains committed to announcing a price for the AW609 late this year for the six- to nine-passenger, 275-knot aircraft. It is expected to have a standard range of 750 nm or 1,100 nm with auxiliary tanks. Mtow from a STOL (rolling) takeoff could be more than 17,500 pounds.


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