In the meantime, the fly-by-wire 525 certification is chugging along. First target customer is (still) offshore, followed by SAR, followed by -the horror- EASA certification. Interesting they are aiming at taking a slice of the heavier S92 market, quite the opposite of the original AW139 strategy of competing in the sub 5.7 market with their 7.0 aircraft.
https://www.verticalmag.com/news/bel...n-yellowknife/