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Leonardo AW139

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Twin turboshaft medium utility helicopter. Includes the variant for USAF, MH-139.

Photo: Boeing

Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Business, Search & rescue, Utility

Final assembly

Philadelphia (Northeast) · Vergiate ·

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

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Certification

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Leonardo AW139	1999 / 2001	Production: 13 (2026) GAMA: Leonardo Helicopters AW139. Baseline variant.
Leonardo AW139M	2011 / 2011	Military variant, given HH-139 designation for Italian Air Force.
Leonardo MH-139	2017 / 2017	Variant developed with Boeing, to replace USAF's UH-1N fleet, nicknamed "Grey Wolf".

Airframer

Leonardo Helicopters	News
Boeing Defense, Space & Security	News	MH-139 variant of AW139 for USAF

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