AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Rotary wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Turboshaft | ||
| Application | Business, Military Transport, Search & Rescue, Utility | ||
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Single turboshaft light utility helicopter. Includes AW119Kx and TH-119 US Navy variants. Also produced under licence in South Africa.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Leonardo AW119 Koala | 1995 / 1995 | Baseline variant, includes upgraded AW119 Ke variant. | |
| Leonardo AW119 Kx | 2012 / 2012 | Upgraded variant with improved avionics, includes TH-119 military variant. |
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| Leonardo Helicopters | News | |
| Denel Aeronautics (was Denel Aviation) |
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| Spectrolab Inc. | Analysis | Searchlights: Optional SX-5 searchlight (AW119 Koala) |
| Device Technologies Inc. | Analysis | Plastic Grommets: Spring-Fast wire protection composite grommet edging |
| MECAER Aviation Group | Analysis | Aircraft & Helicopter Controllers: Mechanical flight controls |
| PZL Swidnik S.A. | Analysis | Fuselage Sections: Fuselage and tail boom |
| MECAER Aviation Group | Analysis | Aircraft Interiors: |
| MECAER Aviation Group | Analysis | Helicopter Landing Gear: Skid landing gear system |
| FreeFlight Systems | Analysis | Radar/Radio Altimeters: RA-4500 radar altimeter (AW119 Koala) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | News | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: Optional G1000H glass flight deck (AW119 Koala/Kx); Moving Maps: Optional moving map display (AW119 Koala) |
| Genesys Aerosystems Group, Inc. | Analysis | News | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: EFIS with two displays for IFR operations (TH-119) |
| L3Harris (was L3 Aviation Products) | Analysis | News | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: Optional Trilogy ESI-2000 electronic standby instrument (AW119 Koala) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | News | GPS: Optional GNS 430/530 GPS (AW119 Koala) |
| Avidyne Corporation | Analysis | Collision Avoidance Systems/TCAS: TAS600 traffic advisory system |
| Concorde Battery Corporation | Analysis | Lead Acid Batteries (Wet & Dry): RG-407 or RG-427 battery (AW119 Koala) |
| Donaldson Filtration Solutions | Analysis | Engine Air Filters: Inlet barrier filter system |
| Pratt & Whitney Canada | Analysis | News | Turboshaft Engines: (PT6B-36 Series - Leonardo AW119 Koala - PT6B-37A; Leonardo AW119 Kx - PT6B-37A ) |
| Safran Aerosystems | Analysis | Fuel Tanks & Systems: Flexible fuel tanks |
| MECAER Aviation Group | Analysis | Helicopter Rotor Balancing Equipment: Main rotor damper |
| Indian Rotorcraft | Analysis | News | Final Assembly: From mid-2013 |
| Leonardo Helicopters | Analysis | News | Final Assembly: |
