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ProgramsLeonardo AW109

Aircraft program

Leonardo AW109

In production

Twin turboshaft light utility helicopter. Includes Power, Elite, stretched fuselage Grand and miltary LUH variants. Produced under licence in South Africa by Denel Aviation (ended 2009) and also in China as CA109.

Lift type
Rotary wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turboshaft
Application
Business, Military transport, Search & rescue, Utility

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Leonardo AW1091971 / 1971Production: 10 (2024). Baseline variant, formerly A109.
Leonardo AW109 Power1995 / 1995Upgraded variant (engineering disgnation: A109E), includes special edition AW109 Power Elite (launched 2001), and CAH CA109.
Leonardo AW109 LUH2006 / 2006Military variant, formerly known as A109M.
Leonardo AW109 GrandNew2010 / 2010Futher development of AW109S Grand (discontinued), includes AW109 Trekker and military variant AW109 TrekkerM.

Airframer

Changhe Aircraft Industry Group Co. (CHAIG)
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