AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica, now Leonardo. It was formed in July 2000 as an Anglo-Italian multinational when Finmeccanica and GKN merged their respective helicopter subsidiaries, Agusta and Westland Helicopters, with each holding a 50 percent share. Finmeccanica acquired GKN's stake in 2004. In 2016 AgustaWestland was merged into Leonardo S.p.A., formerly Finmeccanica. It was headquartered in Rome and its products included the Westland Lynx.
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In 2016, AgustaWestland was merged into Leonardo S.p.A. (formerly Finmeccanica), where it became the company's helicopters division under the Leonardo Helicopters brand.
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AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica (now Leonardo).
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