Leonardo Helicopters wins innovation award

September 27, 2016

The supplier of Bel Air's helicopters AW139 and AW189, Leonardo-Finmeccanica, has been awarded the most prestigious Italian award dedicated to domestic ‘made in Italy’ innovation.

The National Award for Innovation was awarded during a ceremony at the Quirinal Palace, overseen by the president of the Italian Republic.

The award, highlighting Leonardo’s credentials in technology innovation, is for a project that seeks to prevent the risk of in-flight collisions between manned and unmanned aircraft, thus assuring the safety of civil airspace