Westland Helicopters

Westland Helicopters
IndustryAircraft
PredecessorWestland Aircraft
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Fairey Aviation Company
Saunders-Roe
Founded1961
Defunct2000
FateMerged with Agusta
SuccessorAgustaWestland
HeadquartersYeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom
ProductsRotary-wing aircraft
ParentGKN
(1994–2000)

Westland Helicopters was a British aircraft manufacturer. Originally Westland Aircraft, the company focused on helicopters after the Second World War. It was amalgamated with several other British firms in 1960 and 1961.

In 2000, it merged with Italian helicopter manufacturer Agusta to form AgustaWestland.[1] In 2016, AgustaWestland merged into Leonardo, where it became the company's helicopters division under the Leonardo Helicopters brand.[2][3]

  1. ^ "GKN confirms Westland sale talks". BBC News. 20 May 2004.
  2. ^ Mark Huber (5 May 2016). "AgustaWestland Rebranded Again, Now Leonardo Helicopters". AIN.
  3. ^ Leonardo – Helicopters