Aerobuzz / JumpSeatJun 28, 2024

Leonardo a franchi une nouvelle étape en démontrant la capacité de son tiltrotor AW609 à opérer en pleine mer. Cela ouvre de nouvelles perspectives commerciales au convertible italien #AW609 #Leonardo #Porteavions #Tiltrotor

https://www.aerobuzz.fr/helicoptere/essais-a-la-mer-reussis-pour-le-convertible-aw609-de-leonardo/

Essais à la mer réussis pour le convertible AW609 de Leonardo - Aerobuzz

Le programme du tiltrotor AW609 de Leonardo a franchi une nouvelle étape importante en matière de capacités opérationnelles après la réussite de son premier essai en mer, qui a récemment été mené avec le soutien de la marine italienne. La campagne d’essais a été réalisée du 3 au 12 avril 2024. Mais c’est seulement maintenant

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AdvancedWarfareTechJun 26, 2024

Leonardo's AW609 Tiltrotor Completes First Ship Trial

https://www.defensemirror.com/news/37135/Leonardo_s_AW609_Tiltrotor_Completes_First_Ship_Trial

#Leonardo #AW609 #tiltrotor #aircraft #ItalianNavy #shiptrial #ITS_CAVOUR #navalaviation #testflight #flighttest #decklanding #verticaltakeoff #highspeedcruise #maritimesurveillance #aviationtechnology #LeonardoAW609 #pressurizedcabin #longrange #transportation

Leonardo's AW609 Tiltrotor Completes First Ship Trial

From April 3-12, the AW609 AC4 aircraft, fully representative of the final production configuration, conducted demonstration trials

WorlddefensereportJun 26, 2024

Leonardo's AW609 Tiltrotor Completes First Ship Trial

https://www.defensemirror.com/news/37135/Leonardo_s_AW609_Tiltrotor_Completes_First_Ship_Trial

#Leonardo #AW609 #tiltrotor #aircraft #ItalianNavy #shiptrial #ITS_CAVOUR #navalaviation #testflight #flighttest #decklanding #verticaltakeoff #highspeedcruise #maritimesurveillance #aviationtechnology #LeonardoAW609 #pressurizedcabin #longrange #transportation

Leonardo's AW609 Tiltrotor Completes First Ship Trial

From April 3-12, the AW609 AC4 aircraft, fully representative of the final production configuration, conducted demonstration trials

Gaël Le BrisNov 15, 2023
The #AW609 is about to become the world’s first civilian tiltrotor #aircraft. It's development has been a long and quite painful journey. The delivery of the first production aircraft is now finally on the horizon! ✈️ #aviation #innovation #mobility #verticalflight #VTOL
Show threadJulien MaireApr 6, 2023

Btw, #NGRC (#NATO) & #ENGRT (🇪🇺) start to have a lot of contenders in term of solution :
- @AirbusHeli #RACER
- @LDO_Helicopters Tiltrotor #AW609
- @Sikorsky #X2 (since the non-selection in #FLRAA, we were expecting that)

Market potential : more than 500 #NH90 has been ordered

Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 12, 2023

@CatDragon @iyalei @femphysics OFC #VTOL's are eben worse than private jets as even the biggest and "disruptively economical" ones like the #AW609 have total operational costs of U$D 875/h - not including the pilots' pay - and can barely hold a dozen people.

Again: #Taxis but worse and more expensive, so not affordable even for people earning trice the #MinimumWage...