Leonardo

EU Clean Sky 2-funded project to mature civilian aircraft technologies

Training system replicates the helicopter’s cockpit, controls, and avionics

The Anglo-Italian-Japanese sixth-generation fighter program is making strides toward its service entry target for 2035.

New device will be available for pilot training in the first half of 2027

Facility is FAA Part 145-approved and will service military and civil customers

Specially equipped Leonardo rotorcraft have replaced Bell 421EPs

Training is now available at the company’s Helsinki facility

Fixed-wing business drives order and revenue growth

U.S./Italian partnership will compete with Boeing’s T-7A and Lockheed Martin T-50A

Deal covers more than 100 helicopters owned by the leasing company