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Leonardo Helicopters AW139 Search & Rescue in operational configuration
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Leonardo Helicopters

Multi-role SAR, maritime, and intermediate-twin rotorcraft for civil-military fleets.

Headquarters
Rome, Italy (rotorcraft division: Cascina Costa)
Founded
1948 (Agusta lineage)
Scale
Approx. 50,000 employees group-wide
Export jurisdiction
Italian / UK regime + US content
Company Overview

Leonardo Helicopters covers the intermediate and heavy twin segment used across search and rescue, offshore, maritime patrol, and law-enforcement aviation. The AW139 is one of the most widely operated SAR and utility twins in service globally.

Why we source from them
  • For coast guards and national SAR services, Leonardo airframes often meet the requirement with lower operating cost than a military utility helicopter.
  • Their maritime and naval variants extend the same fleet into anti-surface and shipborne roles without a second training pipeline.
Capability Focus
  • Intermediate and heavy twin-engine rotorcraft
  • Dedicated search-and-rescue mission fits
  • Naval and maritime patrol rotorcraft
  • Law-enforcement and HEMS configurations
Leonardo Helicopters Product Line
Leonardo Helicopters AW139

AW139

Intermediate twin, SAR, HEMS, utility

Leonardo Helicopters AW101

AW101

Heavy three-engine SAR / naval

Leonardo Helicopters AW159 Wildcat

AW159 Wildcat

Naval and battlefield utility

AW149

Medium military utility helicopter

TH-73A

Training helicopter (US Navy)

Platform Imagery
Leonardo Helicopters AW139 Search & Rescue
AW139 Search & Rescue
Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Heavy SAR
AW101 Heavy SAR
Leonardo Helicopters AW159 Wildcat
AW159 Wildcat

Export control & compliance posture

Jurisdiction
Italian / UK regime + US content
Typical categories
  • EU Common Military List (military variants)
  • EAR/ITAR re-export rules for US-origin parts
Transfer route
Exporting-nation license; US re-export authorization where US content applies

Non-US origin platforms follow the exporting nation's control regime, with EAR or ITAR implications for US-origin sensors, avionics, or components installed on the airframe. Each configuration is screened for embedded US content before quotation. Each configuration is screened for embedded US avionics or sensors before quotation.

Typical classifications drawn from public regulations and company sources for guidance only. Final jurisdiction is confirmed per configuration, end user and destination with the responsible US authorities. Listing does not imply a partnership or endorsement by Leonardo Helicopters.

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