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AgustaWestland to Announce New Aircraft
AgustaWestland will take the wraps off its latest helicopter type on Monday, June 20 at 12:00 p.m. during the Paris Air Show.
AgustaWestland Appoints New CEO
Bruno Spagnolini has become the new CEO of AgustaWestland taking over from Giuseppe Orsi who has became CEO of parent company Finmeccanica. Spagnolini was previously AW's COO.
China Commercial Heli Expo
The first China International Helicopter Exposition, China's first professional expo on helicopters approved by the State Council, will be held in north China's port city of Tianjin from September 15 to 18 this year, organizing authorities said Wednesday in Beijing.
Li Peisheng, deputy secretary of Tianjin Municipal Government, said the helicopter exposition will focus on displaying the latest complete machines, engines, avionic systems and airborne equipments from home and abroad.
"Meanwhile, academic seminars, business negotiation meetings and aerobatics will be held as well," said Li.
The international helicopter expo will be jointly held by Tianjin Municipal Government, state-controlled Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and the Army Aviation Department under the General Staff Department of People's Liberation Army (PLA).
AVIC, together with prominent world aviation enterprises, such as France's Eurocopter and Safran, America's Goodrich, Honeywell, Sikorsky and German's ThyssenKrupp will take part in the exposition.
China International Helicopter Exposition is scheduled to be held every other year from 2011, as the complement of China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition held in south China's port city of Zhuhai.