https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg With about 1,300 aircraft sold in 18 years, the AW139 may soon be assembled in Algeria in addition to lines in Italy and the U.S. Credit: Leonardo Helicopters Rather than pursuing new-generation, clean-sheet designs, Leonardo Helicopters Managing Director Gian Piero Cutillo is committing to making the company's rotary-wing platforms smarter. It helps that many of the manufacturers' aircraft—with the exception of the AW109 light twin—have been developed.

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