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  Company Type Private (subsidiary of Finmeccanica )
  Foundation 2000
  Industry Aerospace
  Products Helicopter s
  Num Employees 8,531 (2005)
  Parent Finmeccanica
  Homepage wwwagustawestlandcom


AgustaWestland is a Helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom . It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN Plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries ( Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters ) to form AgustaWestland with Finmeccanica and GKN each holding a 50% share in AgustaWestland.

On May 26 2004 GKN confirmed that it would sell its share to its partner for £1.06Bn. AgustaWestland is now a fully owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica of Italy.

AgustaWestland opened offices in Philadelphia in 2005, and won a contract to build the new presidential helicopter Marine One over the U.S. manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft .


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