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Leonardo AW169

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Twin turboshaft light utility helicopter.

Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Search & rescue, Utility

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Certification

Part 29

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Predictive-maintenance platform Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Leonardo AW169	2010 / 2012		Production: 5 (2026) GAMA: Leonardo Helicopters AW169. Light helicopter, available for emergency service missions or passenger transport.

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