AgustaWestland has won a contract worth about EUR 170 million from Sino-US Helicopter investment Co., China.
The distributorship agreement was signed at China Helicopter International Exposition today which includes a contract for twenty helicopters of various models comprising the AW119Ke, GrandNew, AW169, AW139 and AW189.
The distributorship agreement further strengthens the presence of the GrandNew and AW139 models in China and marks the entrance of the AgustaWestland Family of new generation helicopters with the addition of the state-of-the-art AW169 and AW189.
Prior to this latest contract AgustaWestland had already sold more than 40 helicopters in China to perform a wide range of roles including passenger and VIP transport, law enforcement, disaster relief, fire fighting and maritime patrol.