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Leonardo AW149

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Twin turboshaft military multi mission helicopter. Includes the AW149 UK (UK military helicopter offering).

Photo: Leonardo

Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Military transport, Search & rescue, Surveillance, 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

Mixed

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

Minimum crew

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

Composite fuselage (primary structure) Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Leonardo AW149	2006 / 2009		Production: 5 (2021) Five additional AW149s were delivered to Egypt in 2021, bringing the Egyptian fleet to ten aircraft of the 24 ordered; these are configured for utility, troop transport, and SAR missions including shipborne operations from Mistral-class vessels. [medium]. Multirole medium helicopter.

Airframer

Leonardo Helicopters	News
Leonardo Helicopters UK	News	AW149 UK

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