To: rotormatic
I can’t answer your question about the Huey upgrade being marketed by Agusta. Regarding licensing agreements Sikorsky licensed the S-61 and its’ variants to include the HH-3F which I believe was sold to the US Coast Guard by Agusta. It is also my understanding that the US Navy purchases a great deal of spare dynamic components for their SH3-D helicopters from Agusta. I made a comment on another thread that license built helicopters made by Agusta are built to a higher standard than the same helicopters built by the original design companies. That goes for the fuselages, dynamic components and the entire driveline. Bell is the only major Helicopter Company that I know of that builds their own transmissions. Agusta builds the entire helicopter to include making the castings and gears for the transmissions.