The helicopter will replace the AH-129D Mangusta in service with the Italian Army. The first prototype of the Leonardo AW249 next-generation attack helicopter flew for the first time on August 12, ...

LONDON — AgustaWestland is getting ready to deliver the first batch of newly upgraded Mangusta attack helicopters to the Italian army. The AH-129D, also known as the G-17, is the latest variant of the ...

Attack helicopters are often found in the ugliest situations on Earth, and angular and bristling with weapons and sensors, the helicopters themselves are appropriately ugly. Combining armour, an ...

First helicopters were delivered to the Italian Army in 1990. Production of Mangusta was stopped in 1992 due to funding problems and changing operational requirements with the end of the Cold War.

Leonardo Helicopters has begun racking up test flights of the AW249 – the new attack helicopter it is developing for the Italian army. A first flight took place at the airframer’s Vergiate facility on ...

A month after the first flight, the testing is progressing to expand the AW249’s flight envelope. A month after its first flight, the new Leonardo AW249 NEES (Nuovo Elicottero da Esplorazione e Scorta ...

The AW249 flew low through a valley in its natural habitat during a recent demonstration by the Italian Army, which expects the aircraft to play a key role in its future battlefield doctrine of ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: This “Mongoose” has some teeth. Introduced in 1983, the Agusta A129 Mangusta (Mongoose) has been the Italian Army’s primary attack helicopter and the first attack ...

Leonardo’s helicopter division produced a strong first quarter of 2023, with two large military deals helping to lift the Italian aerospace champion’s order intake by more than 25% on the same period ...