AgustaWestland has announced that it is going to display four of its new generation commercial helicopters at Heli-Expo 2013 and also highlight their features.

AgustaWestland will be displaying four of its helicopters on stand #2115 at Heli Expo 2013, which is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 5th to 7th March. AgustaWestland will also be highlighting its Family of new generation helicopters and its customer support and training services.

“With the AW189 and AW169 helicopters on schedule to be certified this and next year respectively, AgustaWestland comes to Heli-Expo 2013 with the most modern range of commercial helicopters of any manufacturer,” said Daniele Romiti, AgustaWestland’s CEO. “We will be exhibiting four helicopters configured for EMS, offshore transport, corporate transport and national security missions, demonstrating our ability to meet customer requirements, whatever their mission. We will also be highlighting customer support and training service initiatives that will enable our customers to enhance their mission capability and continue to improve safety.”

This year AgustaWestland will achieve civil certification for its new generation 8-tonne class AW189 on schedule and next year it will achieve the same for the 4-tonne class AW169.

Three of the four helicopters on display at Heli-Expo have been built in the United States at AgustaWestland’s facility in Philadelphia. The fourth helicopter on display at Heli-Expo, was customized and completed by AgustaWestland Philadelphia having been assembled in Italy.

Making its Heli-Expo debut will be the AW119Kx. The AW119Kx features the Garmin G1000HTM Integrated Flight Deck system with avionic suite comprising a Synthetic Vision System with Highway in the Sky (HITS) depiction, moving map and a Helicopter Terrain Avoidance Warning System (HTAWS). The cabin permits reconfiguration for a variety of missions such as passenger transport, emergency medical service, and law enforcement applications. The aircraft on display will show an EMS configured aircraft for Life Flight Network, the launch customer for the AW119Kx.

AgustaWestland is going to highlight new light twin engine helicopter. The aircraft on display at Heli Expo will be the first corporate GrandNew aircraft to be delivered in North America and the first GrandNew to be delivered to a Canadian customer. The GrandNew is already in service in the USA in the EMS market.